COVID Tests

• Quebec pharmacies may stop distributing free COVID-19 rapid tests

  A contract between the Quebec government and pharmacies to distribute free COVID-19 rapid tests is set to expire on March 31.

  Canada

  Jan 16
  
• U.S. offering free COVID-19 test kits, bracing for post-holiday case surge

  COVID-19 cases have shown a marked increase after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, and further increases are projected following the upcoming holidays.

  U.S. News

  Dec 15, 2022
  
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• Free rapid COVID tests to be available at Ontario stores through to next June

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the program will now be extended to June 30, 2023. 

  Health

  Dec 1, 2022
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• New COVID-19 breath test approved in U.S. Here’s how it could be useful

  A non-invasive devise using breath samples can test for COVID-19 in three minutes, but experts say there is a trade-off to the convenience and speed.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2022
• Lethbridge pharmacies seeing slower demand for free rapid test kits

  While people are still grabbing the kits, the demand isn’t as high as it was even a month ago.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2022
• Free COVID rapid antigen tests now available at Ontario grocery stores, pharmacies at one-box limit

  Free rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 will be made available at select Ontario grocery stores and pharmacies across the province beginning Wednesday, at a one-box limit.

  Health

  Feb 9, 2022
• Free rapid COVID tests readily available in Saskatchewan but scarce in Alberta. Why?

  While the federal government will now be distributing free rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces on a per-capita basis, it was done in response to individual requests prior to January.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2022
• COVD-19: New criteria for tests means most British Columbians no longer eligible

  The new testing eligibility requirements mean that most British Columbians no longer qualify for government-funded rapid antigen or PCR testing.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2022
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• COVID-19: Growing demand in Okanagan for rapid antigen tests

  'They're hard to come by ... we've been kind of left up to our own devices to find suppliers. I can assume that most of the supply has gone to government sources.'

  Health

  Jan 20, 2022
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• Rapid test pop-ups coming to Masonville Place in London, Ont.

  The pop-ups are listed on Ontario's pop-up holiday schedule for rapid antigen tests, part of an overall COVID-19 testing strategy amid the Omicron wave.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2022