Ontario Government Expands Access For Free Home Rapid Tests In Grocery Stores and Pharmacies

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The Ontario government is expanding access to free rapid antigen testing kits to the public for home use at grocery stores and pharmacies.

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The expanded access began on Wednesday. Roughly 44 million test kits over the next two months to over 2,300 pharmacies and grocery stores with over five million tests will be distributed weekly throughout the province.

MPP Dave Smith warns that the rapid test measures if you have Covid at that particular point in time and not a certainty for the same result in the next few days.

“The rapid test may come back negative today and that just means you don’t have Covid right now,” said MPP Dave Smith. “Doesn’t mean you’re Covid-free two or three days from now. Don’t use it as that safety guard that you can go visit someone else, use it as a diagnostic tool when you have symptoms.

Box sets of five rapid tests will be given to each household per visit while supplies last. There is no purchase necessary to obtain the free tests.

Some stores may include rapid tests as part of their regular delivery service with a purchase from their respective businesses.

The following are a list of locations for free rapid tests:

City of Peterborough

  • Charlotte Care Remedy’s Rx Pharmacy, 100-270 Charlotte St.

  • Costco Pharmacy, 485 The Parkway

  • Morello’s Your Independent Grocer Peterborough, 400 Lansdowne St. E.

  • Lansdowne Pharmacy, 196 Lansdowne St. E.

  • Metro, 1154 Chemong Rd.

  • Real Canadian Superstore, 769 Borden Ave.

  • Rexall, 85 George St. N.

  • Rexall, 1154 Chemong Rd.

  • Sherbrooke Heights Pharmacy, 1625 Sherbrooke St. W.

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 1875 Lansdowne St. W.

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 741 Lansdowne St. W.

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 250 Charlotte St.

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 971 Chemong Rd.

  • Sobeys, 1200 Lansdowne St. W.

  • Sobeys, 501 Towerhill Rd.

  • The Clinic Pharmacy Rx, 26 Hospital Dr.

  • Walmart, 1002 Chemong Rd.

  • Walmart, 950 Lansdowne Street W.

County of Peterborough

  • Village Pharmacy, 135 Queen St., Lakefield

  • Keene Drug Mart, 1105 Heritage Line, Keene

  • Centennial Family Pharmacy, 2375 County Rd. 45, Norwood

City of Kawartha Lakes

  • Village Gate Pharm-Rx, 101 East St. S., Bobcaygeon

  • Fenelon Falls Pharmacy, 53 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls

  • MacArthur Drugs, 21 Colborne St., Fenelon Falls

  • Sobeys, 15 Lindsay St., Fenelon Falls

  • Food Basics, 363 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Kawartha Lakes Pharmasave, 4A-55 Angeline St. N., Lindsay

  • Loblaws, 400 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Pharmasave Integrated Care Pharmacy, 10 Moose Rd., Lindsay

  • Remedy’s Rx On Kent, 108 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Rexall Pharma Plus, 401 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • RX Drug Mart Lindsay, 51 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 343 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 74 Kent St. W., Lindsay

  • Little Britain Pharm, 415 Eldon Rd., Little Britain

  • Kinmount Pharmacy, 503-31 County Rd., Kinmount

Northumberland County

  • Brighton Clinic Pharmacy, 4 5-46 Prince Edward St., Brighton

  • Pharma Plus, 1 Main St., Brighton

  • Sobeys, 14 Main St., Brighton

  • Maclaren Pharmacy, 79 Bridge St. E., Campbellford

  • Rx Drug Mart Campbellford, 16 Grand Rd., Campbellford

  • Cobourg Care Pharmacy, 5A-609 William St., Cobourg

  • Cobourg Pharmacy, 6A-9 Elgin St. E., Cobourg

  • Metro, 1111 Elgin St. W., Cobourg

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 270 Spring St., Cobourg

  • Walmart, 73 Strathy Rd., Cobourg

  • York Super Pharmacy, 500 Division St., Cobourg

  • Davis’ Your Independent Grocer, 20 Jocelyn Rd., Port Hope

  • Food Basics, 125 Hope St. S., Port Hope

  • Health Centre Pharmacy, 5-15 Henderson St., Port Hope

  • Warkworth Pharmacy, 26 Main St., Warkworth

 Haliburton County

  • Todd’s Your Independent Grocer Haliburton, 5121 Country Rd. 21, Haliburton

  • Rexall, 224 Highland St., Haliburton

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 186 Highland St., Haliburton

  • Highland Remedy Rx, 33 Bobcaygeon Rd., Minden

  • Minden Pharmacy, 110 Bobcaygeon Rd., Minden

Hastings County

  • North Hastings Family Pharmacy, 217 Hastings St. N., Bancroft

  • Shoppers Drug Mart, 118 Hastings St. N., Bancroft

  • Johnston’s Pharmacy, 6 Front St. E., Hastings

  • Johnston’s Pharmacy, 57 St. Lawrence St. E., Madoc

  • Marmora Pharmacy, 38 Forsyth St., Marmora

  • Nickle’s Pharmacy, 26 Forsyth St., Marmora

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David Tuan Bui