Switch Health Holdings Inc. has announced a partnership with the Greater Toronto Airport Authority that will bring a ‘permanent onsite’ COVID-19 testing service to Toronto Pearson.
The service will be available to departing travellers, airport workers, as well as members of the community.
Last year, Canadian Switch Health teamed with Etihad Airways to set up COVID-19 testing for those arriving in the United Arab Emirates.
The airport-based clinic will be located in the Value Park Garage of YYZ from 5 am to 11 pm daily, and interested pax can book in advance at their portal here.
The tests will be available in a traditional set-up clinic on level 3 of the garage, as well as by drive-thru on level 1.
Two types of testing will be available, depending on the traveller’s or resident’s needs: ‘gold standard’ RT-PCR COVID-19 tests will be available either through expedited 3-6 hour or standard 12-24 hour turnaround times; and rapid antigen tests will be available with results in under 30 minutes.
"Canada must be extra vigilant to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants, and we are doing so with a permanent onsite testing facility at Toronto Pearson Airport to deliver rapid results," said Dilian Stoyanov, CEO at Switch Health.
"Whether Canadians are travelling abroad, coming home, working at the airport, or are visitors, we want everyone to be confident that they are safe and protected with advanced in-house testing that will set the standard for international transport hubs."
