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Rako Science director: We have been talking to the MoH about RATs since August

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Publish Date
Wed, 2 Feb 2022, 8:54AM
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Rako Science director: We have been talking to the MoH about RATs since August

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Feb 2022, 8:54AM

The Government's being criticised again for its slowness in acquiring rapid antigen tests. 

It's ordered another 36 million RATs, meaning the country will have access to 55 million over the next two months. 

It's reckoned about nine million will be used every week, once Omicron peaks. 

Rako Science executive director, Leon Grice, told Mike Hosking he's been talking to the Ministry of Health about RATs since August. 

“Certainly, were stitching together something very rushed after Christmas and if we’d been doing it before Christmas, we’d be in a lot better shape.” 

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