Toronto’s new daycare COVID-19 testing program provides a child-friendly way to test — and get a handle on spread

In his two years on earth, Luke Dobney has had a long, cotton-tipped swab plunged into his tiny nasal cavity six times. Trips to the testing centre begin with tears and often end with a McDonald's bribe, offered out of parental desperation. The dreaded swab has become such a central feature of his life that one of Dobney's first words - along with mama, dada, hi and bye - was COVID ouchie."