The provincial government is holding two media availabilities on COVID-19 today.
The first is a technical briefing on point of entry testing.
Earlier this week, Premier Andrew Furey noted there is no evidence that point of entry testing reduces the spread of the virus.
He says there is a 30% false negative rate when it comes to early testing, and that point of exit testing at the time of quarantine is more effective.
There was a tech briefing at 12:30 pm with the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Rosann Seviour, and the Executive Director of Public Health, Darryl Johnson.
As well, the province is holding its briefing on COVID-19 today.
At Wednesday’s update, Premier Furey announced the events will be moving to three times a week due to increasing COVID numbers.
Premier Furey, Health Minister Dr. John Haggie, and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Janice Fitzgerald will speak to the latest on coronavirus in the province.
The VOCM News will be holding a live briefing at 2 pm.