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A drive-through COVID-19 screening clinic was opened in Quebec City on Wednesday.

The site, which allows citizens to drive in, be tested and drive out without leaving their vehicles, is located in the former emergency room garage at Chauveau Hospital, in the Loretteville neighbourhood, said the CIUSSS of the Capitale-Nationale.

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The goal is to screen 100 people a day, running seven days a week, said CIUSSS spokesperson, Mathieu Boivin.

Like all other COVID-19 screening clinics, this one is also by appointment only via 1-877-644-4545.

Quebec City’s is not the only site, although there is no indication of Montreal getting drive-through screenings. Late last week, a physician who had to wait more than 10 hours to get tested herself, called on the province to set up drive-through testing sites like they have Ontario and New York State.

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A spokesperson for the CISSS for the Gaspé region said some drive-through testing had already been conducted there and more, as well as mobile testing units, are being considered.