Canadian Tire Centre COVID-19 pop-up drive-thru testing centre continues for second day
Posted Sep 20, 2020 01:20:00 PM.
The pop-up COVID-19 testing centre located at the Canadian Tire Centre is up and running for its second and final day.
The centre, which opened Saturday, is among the ways the province and city are addressing the growing demand for COVID-19 testing in the city.
The pop-up is open Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The site, which serves as a lineup drive-thru location, will not require advance appointments.
Patients are asked to use Huntmar Drive to access the site located on Cyclone Taylor.
To help out, the Ottawa Senators Foundation is offering up lots five and six for the drive-thru locations on site.
“Anything that we can do to help stem the tide against COVID-19 in our community is something that we’re eager to do,” said Ottawa Senators Community Foundation executive director Chris Phillips. “Providing these lots at Canadian Tire Centre will help ease what’s quickly becoming a considerable backlog at other testing centres in Ottawa. It’s an effort that Eugene and the entire Senators’ organization wholeheartedly endorses and one we’ll be proud to continue offering for as long as is needed.”
This is the second and final day of the pop-up testing centre at this location.
Yesterday, the province reported processing 38,940 tests.
Lineups at Brewer Park Arena reportedly continued to host long lineups, which some claim they were in for hours.
