[Reporter: Jonathon Gatehouse]
I'll just put this in your ear
[Driver] My husband and I are going to travel out west
so I would like to be sure that I don't have anything.
[Doctor] 37-4, Erin.
[Driver 2] I have young children, family and live with my mother-in-law who is elderly.
So we just want to make sure that we've covered all our bases.
[Doctor] Yeah, perfect, I'm going to just -- try not to move.
[Driver 3] It doesn't feel very good when they're turning the swab up there.
It's kind of like wanting to gag.
Yeah, my eyes were all watering.
But it's worth it.
[Reporter] In the fight and the fear around COVID-19
this is a place is where truth is uncovered.
Erin Churchill is a nurse practitioner.
[Woman] You double them, I know.
[Reporter] It's double gloves for Dr. Karin Euler
because she could come in close contact with the deadly disease...
and the people who worry they may have it.
Like this woman who walks up the drive-through as their shift begins.
[Doctor] Sometimes we get people that come by foot.
I'm doctor Euler.
First, I'm going to take your oxygen, your heart rate and your temperature.
OK, sounds good.
Heart rate 109.
Are you a little bit nervous?
A little, yeah.
I had these yesterday.
I had a seizure.
[Doctor] OK.
For the first time in my life.
[Reporter] These bruises are from her fall.
Could her seizure be a result of COVID?
[Doctor] I'm going to take your temperature.
I'm going to put in in your ear.
[Doctor] I've been swabbed myself, so I know the fear of having to
sit and wait for a test.
And every time you feel a sniffle or you feel a chill
you think, "Oh my goodness, maybe I've got it now."
Just tilt your head back a little bit.
Oh, this feels weird.
Yeah.
[Reporter] Her moment of discomfort could uncover a lot.
[Doctor] Four and five, good job.
You can use your Kleenex.
Ooo, Jesus.
Are you OK?
Yes, that was weird.
Yes, it's a very strange feeling.
You can access your results online.
OK.
If you're positive, public health will also call you.
[Reporter] It can take two to five days to get the results.
[Woman] Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Take care.
♪ ♪
Hi Martha.
Martha, I'm Jonathan Gatehouse from the CBC.
Can I ask you what brought you out here today?
Why do you need to get tested?
Yeah, I got a sore throat a week and a half ago.
[Reporter] We all have our reasons for wanting a test.
Take Martha Bull.
[Martha] My sister and I live together and my niece who's 50ish
and is quite compromised.
That's what you're hoping to hear, I guess.
In that sense, getting that certainty?
[Martha] Yes.
Cooking, cleaning and looking after people.
as well as looking after self.
I'll be happy to know it's not COVID, so I can stop wearing a mask in my own house.
We saw a lot of people at the beginning that I'm sure were positive
but we didn't test them, right.
We only tested health care workers and those who were critically ill.
So were they positive?
Probably.
Now we'll just swab -- we should swab everybody.
[Reporter] And that's pretty much what's happening here.
Almost everyone who wants to get tested can.
All you need are symptoms and an appointment.
[Doctor] Yeah, we have a huge catchment area too, right.
[Reporter] Today it's 46 people.
[Doctor] The more swab the better.
Instead of just sitting at home and wondering which causes anxiety
then once you get results, then you know where you're at.
[Reporter] So far about 1,500 tests have been done in Collingwood
with around 30 positive results.
But for the most part, right
almost everybody that you're going to see today or tomorrow or any other day
don't actually have COVID-19?
That's correct.
And the more people we check -- symptomatic, asymptomatic
the more we can contain the virus.
[Reporter] And as provinces open up, perhaps give confidence to Canadians
as they face the threat they've been told to fear.
So Martha, I just wanna ask on a scale of 1 to 10
how bad was it?
I feel like I'm safe, you know.
If that was a bee up my nose -- it's a bit what it was like.
that would bug me, but it felt safe.
[Reporter] Martha will have an answer in a couple of days
but even then her results are just a snapshot of one moment in time.
Where do you think you might have got it if you do have COVID?
I am completely stumped.
[Reporter] It's stumping health officials too.
Thank you for being here and doing the work.
You're welcome.
You're the heroes.
Thank you.
Bye.
Take care.
[Reporter] Fast testing is part of the puzzle
but at the current rate, it would take years to test every Canadian
From where you stand, doing this job I mean, is that even possible?
In all likelihood probably not
but I like to think that if you wanted a test or you warrant a test
because you're symptomatic
that you should be able to get a test.
It looks like you got a customer here.
[Reporter] Getting tested isn't optional for these guys.
Logan Crawley and Jamie Vu need a clean bill of health
before they can get back to work at a long-term care home.
I understand that you will both did test positive?
Yeah.
And did you have any symptoms?
Yeah, so I had night sweats.
So like a fever throughout the night, headache, chills.
How long ago was that?
Probably a week and a half ago now.
[Doctor] 36-9
Do you know if you've passed it on to anyone else?
My family, everyone's doing OK.
For my dad, it's a little worrying.
Even just trying to remember who've you been with and who have you talked with?
Ah, OK so they'll be back tomorrow Erin?
Yeah.
OK, take care guys.
Thank you, see you tomorrow. [Laugh]
[Reporter] It turns out they're both still positive
and will be tested again in a few days.
Jonathan Gatehouse, CBC News, Collingwood Ontario.