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Millions of coronavirus rapid tests won’t arrive for months: Health Canada
COVID-19 test are available for use, says Health Canada’s chief medical adviser.In an interview with Global News Thursday, Dr. Supriya Sharma said while details are still being confirmed, the first Abbott ID NOW tests should arrive in Canada in the next “two to three weeks.”But they will only number in the hundreds of thousands, with up to 2.5 million arriving “into the early part of 2021,” said Sharma. “It usually happens in waves,” she said, cautioning that much hinges on the company’s ability to manufacture the device and its testing supplies.On Tuesday, the government announced it had purchased up to 7.9 million of the rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, and the next day Health Canada announced its approval.