Home COVID testing expected before Christmas.
It's already commonplace overseas, but Australians are being told home COVID-19 testing kits will become widely available here as soon as the medical regulator approves its use.
"Subject to effectiveness against Delta, we would like to see these available by Christmas if not well before," Mr Hunt said, as reported by Sydney Morning Herald.
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration has stressed they will not replace PCR testing, and would require the support of states and territories.