COVID-19 Saskatchewan Testing

• If you are experiencing mild cold-like symptoms including cough, sore throat, sneezing without fever, it is recommended that you stay home, use rapid antigen testing and self-isolate based on those results.
• Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should self-isolate immediately at home or in another suitable environment, regardless of your vaccination status.
• It is recommended that you self-isolate for five days from the date of test or 24 hours since any fever has resolved without the aid of fever-reducing medications and all other symptoms are improving for at least 48 hours, whichever is later.

​Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) PCR testing is reserved for priority populations at elavated risk for severe outcomes, which include:

• Hospitalized patients including newborns, if parents COVID-positive
• Patients and residents transferred between facilities and upon entry to long-term and personal care homes
• High-risk populations as ordered by Medical Health officers, such as International travellers from an area of concern; as part of outbreak investigations in settings such as long-term care homes, personal care homes, congregate living (corrections, shelters, etc.)
• Symptomatic immunocompromised and those with chronic illness (diabetes, history of cancer, cardiac failure, Transplant donors and recipients, oncology patients receiving chemotherapy)
• Patients on a surgical waitlist with symptoms or a positive rapid antigen test, if scheduled or expecting to receive surgery within the next 90 days
• Symptomatic pregnant women greater than 30 weeks gestation
• Symptomatic people living or working in Indigenous communities with no access to Rapid Antigen Tests
• Health-care workers and essential workers with negative rapid antigen results who remain symptomatic will continue to be eligible for PCR tests to protect Saskatchewan’s essential services

Testing appointments must be booked by calling HealthLine 811.

• If qualifying criteria is met, HealthLine 811 will book a testing appointment.
• Individuals tested by SHA will be informed of both their positive and negative COVID-19 lab test results through text message or voice call message notifications. Positive results via PCR testing are followed up with a phone call by public health teams with direction for isolation and symptom monitoring. The fastest way to receive your COVID-19 PCR test results is online by signing up for MySaskHealthRecord at eHealthsask.ca.
• If qualifying criteria is not met, HealthLine 811 will recommend use of rapid antigen tests and self-monitoring.
  • If you are experiencing mild cold-like symptoms including cough, sore throat, sneezing without fever, it is recommended that you stay home, use rapid antigen testing and self-isolate based on those results.
  • Visit the website to search for locations with Rapid Antigen Test Kits available.
• Anyone who requires PCR test results for travel or insurance claims including potential Workers’ Compensation Board claims will be required to purchase a test from a private lab service provider for that documentation.