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But unlike most Albertans who get tested for COVID-19, Excell’s test result wasn’t a simple positive or negative.

“I got a phone call a couple days later from a person, and I thought, ‘Am I positive?’ But she just said I was ‘indeterminate,’ which I didn’t even know was a possibility,” Excell said.

She was told that since she was asymptomatic, she didn’t need to self-isolate, but that she could go get tested again.

But on Saturday, Excell received a second call, this time from the Alberta Health Services Infectious Disease Clinic, giving her the indeterminate diagnosis once more and telling her that getting retested was now a strong recommendation.

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Alberta pilots ‘pool testing’ to expand COVID-19 testing capacity

Calgarians line up for walk-in COVID-19 testing at the Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Gavin Young/Postmedia

Pooled tests mix biological samples from several people before testing. If the combined sample tests negative for the novel coronavirus, lab officials consider all samples involved to be negative. If the combined sample tests positive, however, all individual samples are tested alone to determine which sample or samples are positive.

“Pooling samples is an effective approach for performing a large number of tests while using fewer laboratory supplies and staff,” said AHS spokesperson James Wood in a statement.

“If successful, (AHS) will look to expand this practice over the coming weeks to increase capacity.”

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Parents anxious over back-to-school decisions with little information

Jessica Cuillerier, with her two boys, says she’s worried about whether she should send them back to the Catholic school district classrooms this fall.

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