Rapid Covid Tests

• Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores

  An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month.

  Canada

  Jun 9
  
• The end of COVID-19 rapid testing? What Ottawa’s call to scrap shipments means

  'It's not surprising ... we are starting to see this gradual transition out of the pandemic into a bit more normal life,' said an expert of cancelled COVID rapid test shipments.

  Health

  Mar 2
  
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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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• Premier Doug Ford defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access

  Ontario's premier defended the province's approach to COVID-19 testing on Wednesday as calls grew for expanded access to rapid tests ahead of the holiday season.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2021
• Ontario science table to issue recommendations on rapid COVID-19 tests

  Dr. Peter Juni, the scientific director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said the group plans to publish a science brief on the issue Wednesday.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021
• COVID-19: Online petition urges Ontario government to provide free rapid antigen testing

  "We're currently woefully underutilizing testing," said Dr. Dalia Hasan, physician and founder of COVID-19 Test Finders.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2021
• B.C. is ‘duty-bound’ to deploy COVID-19 rapid tests in long-term care, industry says

  British Columbia launched its rapid-testing pilot in early December at five long-term care homes in Vancouver.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2021