Rapid COVID-19 tests to hit Australian supermarket shelves from next week

Registered Nurse Niamh Costello performs a Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test at a drive-through testing facility set up by Blooms the Chemist at the Royal Randwick shopping centre car park in Sydney, Thursday, October 7, 2021.

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Victorians will soon be able to buy rapid antigen tests from major supermarkets, as the state readies for its first major events out of lockdown.


The tests, which give a COVID-19 result within about 15 minutes and can be used at home or work without a healthcare worker's help, can be sold from 1 November.

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