Liberals slam ‘slow’ Omicron response from PC government

As the province deals with rising hospitalization rates and a health care system on the brink, Nova Scotia's Liberal Party says public health can't accurately report our virus activity in communities without rapid test data.

Those comments come from opposition leader, Iain Rankin, who announced his impending resignation last week.

Rankin tells CityNews Halifax that other provinces like Saskatchewan are using volunteer options to submit test data, and Nova Scotia should follow suit.

“Epidemiologists have been asking for [rapid test data], Rankin said. “We don't know how much virus activity is out there with relying just on PCR tests. We'd like to see Nova Scotia step up. We were leaders in testing and we'd like to see some action on this.” 

While Rankin believes Houston was slow to respond to the Omicron variant, he credits the premier for his accelerated response over the past two weeks, led by what Rankin describes as calls from the opposition government to act.