Ottawa will stop providing COVID-19 rapid tests to regions
07-05-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca

Ottawa will stop providing COVID-19 rapid tests to regions

The federal government plans to stop supplying provinces and territories with free COVID-19 rapid tests, which has an infection control epidemiologist worried about two-tiered health care, increased spread and increased health-care costs.
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