Meadow Lake's COVID-19 rapid testing unit is now online at the Meadow Lake Hospital. (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff) Expanding testing capacity Meadow Lake and Prince Albert receive COVID-19 rapid testing units Apr 13, 2020 5:05 PM

Prince Albert and Meadow Lake will be among the first communities in the province to receive COVID-19 rapid testing equipment.

While Meadow Lake’s unit is already operational, Prince Albert’s is expected to be up and running on Tuesday, Premier Scott Moe said at a press conference Monday.

“These units provide results on location in under four hours, without the swabs having to be submitted to the Roy Romanow Provincial Lab,” Moe said, adding more GeneXpert rapid testing units will be delivered to around a dozen further communities in the coming days.

“This should help us achieve our goal of 1,500 tests per day by the end of the month,” he said.