Ontario Government Expands Access For Free Home Rapid Tests In Grocery Stores and Pharmacies
/The Ontario government is expanding access to free rapid antigen testing kits to the public for home use at grocery stores and pharmacies.
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