Alberta Health Covid 19 Testing

All albertans are eligible for covid 19 testing whether experiencing symptoms or not.

Alberta health covid 19 testing. Clinicians should order other diagnostic tests as indicated. You must isolate for 10 days if you have symptoms or for 14 days if you were exposed to a confirmed covid 19 case or you returned to or entered alberta from outside canada. If you do not have symptoms you can book your appointment up to 7 days in advance. Pooled testing combines individual swab.

Covid 19 online self assessment for health care and shelter workers enforcement personnel and first responders covid 19 assessment flowchart pdf 47 kb. Testing will tell you whether you had covid 19 at the time your swab is taken even if you were not showing symptoms at that time. Covid 19 gi symptom s new worse. Covid 19 testing available for all albertans june 2 2020 all albertans are now eligible for covid 19 testing whether experiencing symptoms or not.

Offered by appointment and free of charge at ahs assessment centre locations around the province testing is easily booked online by visiting www ahs ca covid. Alberta health services is looking at a new method of testing for covid 19 hoping it will eventually reduce labour supply use and even turnaround time. With a return to school only two weeks away alberta health services is quickly ramping up plans to increase covid 19 testing capacity including by piloting a new testing technique where samples from multiple albertans are combined and processed at the same time. Testing will tell you whether you have covid 19 at the time of your test even if you are not showing symptoms.

Ahs is now encouraging every albertan to get tested for covid 19 regardless of whether they are showing symptoms or not. Any albertan who tests positive for covid 19 is legally required to self isolateuntil determined to not be infectious by public health. Testing will not tell you whether you have previously had covid 19. This algorithm addresses covid 19 testing only.

Testing will not tell you whether you have previously had covid 19. If you have any of the following symptoms you will need to immediately self isolate. Covid 19 core ili symptom s new worse. Find out how to get tested.

Covid 19 testing available for everyone whether you have symptoms or not. While all albertans are currently eligible for testing the following flowchart and online assessment tool are available for front line workers. Book your appointment today. All albertans are eligible for covid 19 testing and can book an appointment online for the upcoming week if you live within 75 kms from a testing assessment centre.