The health ministry announced Friday that the government will purchase about 24 million qualitative antigen test kits and distribute them to local governments. The move is in response to the flood of people attending fever outpatient clinics.
Local governments will work out how to distribute test kits to patients suspected of being infected with COVID-19. However, to ease the burden on clinics, the government is urging them to consider distributing the kits at pharmacies and public facilities or sending them directly to patient's homes.
