Government of Canada is asked people to take their own blood sample, mail it to test for Covid....

48,000 Canadians asked to take blood sample for coronavirus survey

People asked to take their own blood sample, mail it to National Microbiology Lab

Statistics Canada is mailing out test kits to tens of thousands of people to study the prevalence of coronavirus in the country, in the first survey of its kind launched by the agency.

The survey involves asking 48,000 Canadians to poke their fingers and return a blood sample. That sample will be sent to the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg where it will be tested for the presence of coronavirus antibodies. In order to get a good result, the agency is hoping for a minimum 45 per cent response rate.

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