B.C.’s top doctor says the province is looking at the potential of drive-thru testing for COVID-19.

In a conference call on Thursday, Dr. Bonnie Henry says it’s a model that Health Authorities in the province are looking at.

“I don’t think we’re at that point where we need that right now in our community, and we need to understand a little bit more,” she said. “There’s models that will work in different places and I know some communities are looking at a similar kind of model for sure.”

Drive-thru COVID 19 tests have been conducted in the places like South Korea and the United States, where people have been able to get tested without leaving their vehicles.

Henry says the province has done similar sorts of things when we’ve needed to test a group of people who were close contacts.

“We’ve had them go to a hospital emergency department parking lots and stay in their cars and a nurse goes out and takes a swab,” she noted. “So that is a model I know the health authorities are looking at.”

The province has already banned gatherings of more than 250 people in a bit to stop the spread of COVID-19. Travellers are urged to avoid non-essential international travel, and those that do travel are asked to self-isolate for 14 days on their return to Canada.