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WATCH: Ontario to roll out COVID-19 testing strategy in coming days: Ford

Testing to include large employers, virus hotspots

Update:

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the next steps of the province's "robust testing strategy" will be released in the coming days, which will expand COVID-19 testing to any place containing large groups of people, including employers. 

Testing will be increased in COVID-19 'hotspots' as part of the strategy. Ontario's health minister says COVID-19 hotspots include portions of Toronto, Peel Region and Windsor-Essex County.    

Ford also says that he's "not going to punish the rest of the province" by rolling back restrictions after hundreds of people gathered at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto over the weekend. 

"I'm not going to punish the whole province because a group of people in Toronto ended up getting together," he said.

Original story:

Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement at Queen's Park today at 1:00 p.m. regarding COVID-19.

The premier will be joined by Minister of Health Christine Elliott, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction Prabmeet Sarkaria and Minister of Long-Term Care Dr. Merrilee Fullerton.

Village Media will carry the livestream, so stay tuned.