Free rapid antigen screening kits will be offered at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket on Dec. 19 as part of the province's scheduled holiday testing blitz at pop-up sites currently focused mainly in Toronto and the GTA.
According to the provincial website, the pop-up sites will offer up to two million rapid tests for free in high-traffic locations such as malls, retail settings, holiday markets, public libraries, and transit hubs across Ontario.
The pop-ups will offer a take-home kit and some will perform the antigen screening on-site and will be operating throughout December and into January. Access will be limited to one test kit per person as supplies last.
The kits can be picked up at Upper Canada Mall during mall hours.
A rapid antigen test is only a screening tool and cannot diagnose COVID-19. Anyone who receives a positive result on the antigen test must self-isolate and seek a PCR test at a COVID-19 assessment centre. Click here to find a testing centre near you.
Rapid antigen testing is voluntary, and only available to individuals without symptoms of illness and who have not had recent contact with a known COVID case.
Individuals experiencing symptoms of illness or who are close contacts of a COVID case should not attend the pop-up clinics and should instead self-isolate and book a PCR test.
The current schedule posted includes pop-ups planned between Dec. 16 and 19.
The list of pop-up locations is available on the provincial website here.
