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Why Rapid COVID Testing Could Make Alberta Hollywood's Next Production Hub

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As the coronavirus outbreak bludgeons Hollywood with global travel restrictions, Alberta has rolled out rapid COVID-19 testing that has A-list stars now able to safely cross a closed U.S.-Canadian border and step onto a local film and TV sets in just two days.

Consider it Canada's express lane for American talent and crews as cases of COVID-19 rise in both countries. "We're looking at real-time data to make sure we have the best possible (COVID) protocols, and the best protocols can be fast," Doug Schweitzer, Alberta's minister of jobs, economy, and innovation, tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The pilot testing program has American film and TV workers cutting to the front of the line by agreeing to voluntarily take a rapid COVID-19 test on.

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