North VancouverI deliver products to one of our customer almost daily to North Vancouver, there is a covid testing center across the street from our customer location.
Last few weeks the testing center was packed, the long line up of cars was up to 2 blocks.
Today there were only a few cars.
What I heard is instead of lining up to get test, people are encouraged to book an appointment now and when you arrive at the testing center you will be given a test kit and you will do the test yourself at home.
At this point BC government seems to be running out of test kits according to this news.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-update-for-jan-24-some-sfu-students-plan-a-walkout-over-concerns-about-in-person-classes-quebec-extends-proof-of-vaccination-requirement-to-more-retail-stores-b-c-truck-drivers-joi
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The B.C. Ministry of Health has reported 4,997 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days as it continues to test around 10,000 people a day. This artificially low testing rate — many more people want tests than are receiving them — is due to lack of capacity and government advice that sick people not test and instead stay home and self monitor."