COVID-19 Testing in Some Ontario Pharmacies Begins; Many Not Eligible

People leave a Shoppers Drug Mart where they are providing COVID-19 testing by appointment only during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on September 25, 2020. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

TORONTO—Some Ontario pharmacies started offering COVID-19 tests on Friday as the province tries to ease the burden on busy assessment centres.

The appointment-only tests, however, can only be requested by certain asymptomatic individuals—and just who qualifies and how they can get the test was already causing some confusion.