Sona appears in National Post article https://nationalpost.com/opinion/marni-soupcoff-in-the-fight-against-covid-canadian-health-officials-have-been-at-the-back-of-the-pack
But, remarkably, none of that has led to a functional testing apparatus or even remotely successful infection control. Rapid antigen tests are the key to effective COVID screening, but Canada has still approved only one version, the Panbio made by Abbott Rapid Diagnostics in Germany. Health Canada continues to drag its heels on giving the OK for the more convenient saliva test made by a small Nova Scotia company called SONA Nanotech.
Sadly the only thing we can count on Canada’s public health and health brass for during this pandemic is being at the back of the pack.