Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Barbara Yaffe is expected to hold a media briefing on COVID-19 testing in Ontario on Thursday.

The Ontario government announced on Wednesday that pharmacies will begin offering COVID-19 tests to people who aren’t experiencing symptoms of the virus as part of its fall preparedness plan.

Starting Friday, people with no symptoms of the coronavirus can visit up to 60 pharmacies in Toronto, Ottawa, Brampton, Mississauga, Markham and Huntsville by appointment only for free testing.

Yaffe will be joined by Dr. Dirk Huyer, Chief Coroner for Ontario and Provincial Outbreak Response Coordinator, Matthew Anderson, President and CEO of Ontario Health and Dr. Vanessa Allen, Chief, Medical Microbiology, Public Health Ontario Laboratory to provide the update.

The government says more pharmacy locations will make testing available in the coming weeks.

Ontario reported 335 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 48,087.

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