Julie Green

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 30-19(2), 2020-2021 Main Estimates, and we would like to report progress, and I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, nothing further. Any further questions for this item of out-of-territory services? Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. We have been fortunate to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the territory during the first wave of this pandemic. We were told a second wave is inevitable and likely to emerge at the end of the summer. In order to be ready for the second wave, we need to ensure that we have the capacity to conduct rapid testing and contact tracing on a large scale in the event that we have community spread of the virus.

1. Please provide an overview of how many tests, both rapid and standard, are on hand as of the end of...

Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Minister.

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Minister.

Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Minister.

Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.