Long lineups for COVID-19 tests have Montreal authorities scrambling to increase sites
CTV
Quebec’s COVID-19 cases have shot up again recently, right back to the levels they were at last spring—but the availability of tests doesn't seem to have kept pace. Montrealers reported hours-long lineups on Tuesday as they tried to get tested.
Montrealers reported hours-long lineups on Tuesday as they tried to get tested, with young families, in particular, stuck waiting on the sidewalk with kids after being notified of school cases.
It’s no wonder it was difficult -- people appear to be trying to go to walk-in sites, and those seem to be limited right now.
City health authorities are now scrambling to open test spots, but they say there are also other options that aren't being used, including booking appointments online.
“We've seen an increase in demand for testing over the course of the last few days,” said Jean Nicolas Aubé, the spokesperson for the Centre-Sud health district.
