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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks as Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, seen via videoconference, participate in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, on Jan. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The federal government announced it will send 140 million COVID-19 rapid tests to provinces and territories, saying the tests were an important tool to combat the pandemic.
“I think we all understand that rapid testing is going to be part of the path through [the pandemic],” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a press conference on Jan. 5.
