Toronto public health sets up coronavirus test results hotline

A lab worker tries to isolate the presence of coronavirus during a swab test process. GETTY IMAGES/Emanuele Cremaschi 2020 Getty Images

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Posted March 16, 2020 9:55 pm.

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Toronto Public Health has set up a coronavirus test results hotline.

Anyone who is waiting on a COVID-19 test result can call 416-338-7600 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week.

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