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The Health Ministry made the decision Monday to allow the sale in pharmacies and online of antigen verification kits that can detect COVID-19 and seasonal flu.
With this decision, the ministry hopes to ease the burden on medical facilities amid considerations about a simultaneity of COVID-19 and influenza this winter.
The resolution passed at a similar qualified organization assembly on the same day.
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