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CBC on 2023-03-02 13:20

Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces as millions set to expire

Quebec alone has 63 million tests on top of the federal stockpile. But the once-essential tool has lost its importance in the pandemic, experts say.

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