Testing for COVID-19: Your questions answered

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We've received more than 1,500 questions about COVID-19 testing from Canadians, and many readers are confused about the process and the results. We took your most common questions to the experts. Here's what you wanted to know about testing.



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Will oversantizing weaken my immune system? Your COVID-19 questions answered

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We're answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca and we’ll answer as many as we can. We’ll publish a selection of answers every weekday online, and also put some questions to the experts during The National and on CBC News Network.



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Our recovery from COVID-19 should be rooted in reconciliation

Kiersten McLeod Stanley Mission

We are living in the middle of a story we will tell for decades to come. In telling this story we may be asked, “and then what happened?” I hope I’ll be able to say that we chose a recovery rooted in reconciliation. I’m working hard to make that a reality. I hope you will too.



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Hospitals failed to flag 700 positive COVID-19 tests to Ontario's public health units

COVID-19 drive-thru assessment centre, William Osler Health Syst

Some 700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Toronto area were not flagged to public health officials because of a mixup between two hospitals, CBC News has learned.



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B.C. teachers raise alarm about going back to classes after COVID-19 cases in Quebec schools

WHAT WILL SCHOOL LOOK LIKE ON MONDAY?

As students from across British Columbia head back to class on a voluntary basis today, some teachers say their employer is giving them little choice but to return to work in what they call an unsafe environment.



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Ombudsman launching investigation into Ontario's oversight of long-term care during pandemic

CARE HOME MILITARY

Ontario's ombudsman is launching an investigation into the province's oversight of long-term care homes during the pandemic in the wake of a scathing military report released last week and concerns over outbreaks across the province. 



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Hand sanitizers packaged in beverage containers create alcohol poisoning risk: experts

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Sherif Mohsen doesn’t consider himself to be the complaining type, but he knew he had to speak up after coming close to drinking 70 per cent alcohol thinking it was water. Turns out it was hand sanitizer packaged in beverage bottles. 



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