Rapid COVID-19 Tests

• Ottawa stops sending rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces as millions set to expire

  Health Canada said about 80,000 rapid tests in the federal inventory are set to expire within six months and 6.5 million within the year.

  Health

  Mar 2, 2023
  
• Ottawa to cut rapid COVID-19 test shipments to provinces, territories by year’s end

  Ottawa will maintain a strategic reserve of 100 million rapid COVID-19 tests for future use, with 50 million earmarked for the provinces and territories.

  Health

  Jun 3, 2022
  
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• Albertans line up again as some pharmacies receive more free rapid COVID-19 tests

  More free rapid COVID-19 tests are making their way to some Alberta pharmacies and people are once again calling around and lining up to get their hands on them.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2022
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• 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
• Shipment of rapid COVID-19 tests to Alberta delayed, feds say ‘this is a very competitive market’

  The latest shipment of rapid COVID-19 test kits to Alberta has been delayed, the chief medical officer of health announced on social media.

  Health

  Jan 12, 2022
• COVID-19: New Brunswick small businesses left in limbo while rapid test distribution is retooled

  Small to medium-sized businesses in New Brunswick are unable to get COVID-19 rapid test kits due to the suspension of the provincial workplace distribution program.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2022
• Canada sending 140M rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces, territories in January

  Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos made the announcement Wednesday at an official update on the state of COVID-19 in Canada -- the first of the new year.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2022
• Booster shots, rapid COVID-19 tests top Canadians’ holiday wish lists

  Canada's chief public health officer says Omicron is now the dominant mutation of COVID-19 in several provinces and that urgent action is needed to curb its spread.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2021
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• Canada will miss COVID-19 cases as testing systems become overwhelmed: experts

  Demand for PCR COVID-19 tests is overwhelming testing systems in some parts of Canada, and experts warn that we might soon be missing cases as a result.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2021
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• Biden pledges 500M free rapid COVID 19 tests as Omicron surges

  Joe Biden is detailing major changes to his COVID-19 winter plan in a speech scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

  Politics

  Dec 21, 2021