In a news conference from earlier today, the Federal Government stated that 140 million rapid tests are going to be delivered throughout all of Canada sometime this month.
According to Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, the 140 million incoming tests should be enough to allow every person in Canada to get one rapid test per week in the month of January.
As of right now, the number of rapid tests given out has not been able to keep up with the amount needed, like when a pop up clinic in Ontario went through all their rapid tests in the span of an hour.
It hasn’t been made clear yet how these tests will be given out but Duclos has said that the government is currently in the middle of distributing these tests to all the provinces and territories.
Prime Minister Trudeau stated that these rapid tests will help Canada get through this latest wave of the pandemic.
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