Faitau afe fa'asea i le taugata o su'ega RATs (Rapid Antigen Tests)\.

O loo fesiligia e le pulega o le tau o 'oloa nisi o pisinisi i le taugata o le tau o su'ega RAT mo le KOVITI-19.

Maria Scafi, the site lead at the Rapid Antigen Test Kit Distribution centre poses for a photograph with a Rapid Antigen Test Kit at the Sunshine West Community Centre in Melbourne, Thursday, January 20, 2022. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Rapid Antigen Test kit at the Sunshine West Community Centre in Melbourne. Source: AAP Image/James Ross

Na faaalia o le pulega o le tau o 'oloa i Ausetalia e lata i le 4,000 fa'asea ua taunu'u atu mai tagata lautele o loo fesiligia ai le taugata o le tau o su'ega mo le KOVITI-19, Rapid Antigen Tests.  

O le tele o fa'asea na atunu'u i le Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) i le va o 25 Tesema i le 26 Ianuari na faasaga i faletalavai. 

I le taimi nei, o loo mafai ona faatau e tagata le su'ega RAT mai nisi o pamu penisini, fale'oloa ma supamaketi. 

Na faaalia i se faamatalaga mai le ACCC, o loo su'esu'eina nisi o pisinisi nei pe ua latou solia tulafono  consumer law i le auala o loo sii maualuga ai le tau o RAT, ma ua fesiligia ni pisinisi e 'ova i le 50 e faamatala atu i le ACCC le mafua'aga o le taugata o su'ega.

Ua pasi i leoleo o le malo tele le Australian Federal Police ma le pulega o vaila'au mo togafitiga, le Therapeutic Goods Administration nisi o tu'ua'iga e aofia ai le faatau faalua o su'ega RAT ma le vaevae o su'ega ae le'i faatauina.
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Signage notifying customers that Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits are sold out is seen on the entrance to a chemist in Sydney, Source: AAP
"Community concerns about sales practices for rapid antigen tests (RATs) remain very high, for good reason," na saunoa ai le ta'ita'ifono o le ACCC, Rod Sims.

"We thank the consumers who have taken the time to pass on to us crucial information about what is happening in this market.

"These reports, and the public scrutiny, are helping to keep prices at lower levels than otherwise."

Na faaalia e le ACCC o le tau masani o le su'ega RAT e tatau ona i le va o le $15 ma le $21. 

Peita'i na faaalia e Rod Sims e iai fale'oloa o loo faatauina su'ega i le $30.

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