Guidelines

Normal testing for those with symptoms will continue, as well as for those who are in close contact with known COVIC-19 cases and anyone linked to an outbreak.

Public health recommendations, along with what it called, "late-breaking decisions by some contracted third-party exam sites, primarily in university settings," made it so the council could no longer safely administer MCCQE Part II to a large enough reference group cohort to ensure, "the exam results are defensible from a high-quality psychometric perspective."

Prometric, the U.S.-based testing administration company handling the exams, told some residents in an email that it's unable to retrieve and score their tests due to technical problems. As a result, it said, those residents will need to take the test again in its entirety.

While the condition is rare, Dr. Rae Yeung, a professor of pediatrics and immunology at the University of Toronto and SickKids hospital said parents should know what symptoms to look out for.

The pandemic is a time for all healthcare professionals to work together to their maximum scope, says Ontario Pharmacists Association's Justin Bates.

Healthcare workers working with patients that are potentially COVID-19 positive, should use face shields for splatter alone. Goggles are the only safe eye protection for aerosols.

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