What to Expect

What to expect:

Learn more about what to expect if you’re getting tested for COVID-19.

Asymptomatic testing is only available to individuals who are part the following groups, established by the province:

• Residents or workers in long-term care home
• Visitors to a long-term care home
• Residents or workers in homeless shelter
• International students that have passed their 14-day quarantine period
• Farm workers

Please note that patients that are seeking a COVID-19 test as a requirement from their employer to return to work are NOT eligible for a publicly funded COVID-19 test. Individuals experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, who have travelled outside of Canada in the past 14 days or been in contact with someone known to have COVID-19, MUST be referred for testing at an assessment centre by calling Public Health or visiting https://covid-19.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locations.

• After confirming your eligibility over the phone, your Pharmacist will ask you to come to the pharmacy to complete a screening assessment and test. During the test, the Pharmacist will collect a nasal swab and send it to a diagnostic lab for analysis.
• Swab testing indicates whether a person is infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 at the time that the sample is collected. There are currently no tests that confirm immunity to the coronavirus.
• You will be contacted by the Pharmacy that conducted your test, if your test is positive.
• Patients with a green and white health card may also check their results by visiting the provincial online COVID-19 Test Results portal.

Please contact Glen Cade Pharmacy to arrange a test at 416-622-2111