Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in schools will continue this weekend in Leamington.
All four local school boards have partnered with LifeLabs to offer testing to staff and students in the following school communities: Leamington District Secondary School, Queen Elizabeth Public School, Mt. Carmel-Blytheswood Public School, M.D. Bennie Public School, Gore Hill Public School, Cardinal Carter Catholic Middle and High School, St. Louis Catholic School, École élémentaire catholique St-Michel, and École secondaire catholique l’Essor students from Leamington.
Testing will be done at Leamington District High School on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. based on a walk-in schedule according to last name. The schedule can be found here.
Participants can expect to have their test results back within 24-48 hours. Students and staff can return to school while waiting for their results.
Last week, asymptomatic testing was completed for 11 schools in the downtown Windsor area. According to provincial data, 168 people were tested at the clinic and all tests came back negative for COVID-19.