Join host Math’ieya Alatini as she learns about Community Based Testing in Canada with Dr Paul Sandstrom and Dr. Adrienne Meyers from the Public Health Agency of Canada

In this episode, Dr. Paul Sandstrom and Dr Adrienne Meyers provide great insight on:

• rapid antigen testing -- when to use it and how; and,
• building capacity in First Nation communities to do PCR-lab quality testing

This episode dives into the details around COVID-19 testing in northern, remote and isolated sites in Canada. It’s a lot to take in -- but it’s also an opportunity to learn from two of Canada’s leading scientists who are supporting Community-Based Testing programs at the Public Health Agency of Canada

Resources:

• COVID-19 rapid testing and screening in workplaces: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/testing-screening-contact-tracing/workplace.html
• Red Cross Stop the Spread: https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/current-emergency-responses/covid-19-%e2%80%93-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-rapid-testing-program-for-community-organizations
• How to self-administer the panbio rapid test by Mathi’eya Alatini: https://youtu.be/3DRM9WGm5PQ

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Dr. Paul Sandstrom, Director and Dr Adrienne Meyers, Associate Director of the National HIV & Retrovirology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, join Yukon First Nations COVID Coordinator, Math’ieya Alatini, to chat about Community Based Testing for COVID-19.

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Recorded November 12, 2021 on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwäch'än Council