Co-ops offering COVID-19 rapid tests in some locations

Forty-one Co-op locations across the province are now offering free rapid COVID-19 test kits, in partnership with the provincial government.

Thousands of kits were available Friday morning, mostly in smaller communities.

“These new locations will help ensure communities across the province have access to rapid testing which will support our fight against COVID-19. As we enter the holiday season, I would encourage all residents to visit one of these locations, pick up a rapid test kit and help keep friends and families safe,” said Health Minister Paul Merriman in a news release.

The communities where kits can be picked up at Co-ops include:

Air ronge

Alameda

Birch Hills

Churchbridge

Fort Qu’Apelle

Glaslyn

Goodsoil

Grenfell

Gull Lake

Hudson Bay

Imperial

Indian Head

Kamsack

Kipling

La Ronge

Lanigan

Lashburn

Maidstone

Nokomis

Outlook

Pinehouse

Porcupine Plain

Radville

Raymore

Rockglen

Rosetown

Rosthern

Shellbrook

Smeaton

Southey

Spiritwood

Stanley Mission

Stoughton

Turtleford

Unity

Vanguard

Wadena

Wakaw

Watrous

Watson

Yorkton

There are now more than 150 locations in the province where rapid testing kits can be picked up. The province said more than 1.5 million kits have been distributed so far this year, with 1.4 million provided to schools.