So you want to know if you have COVID-19. You have a fever and are worried you may have been infected. Or you have a holiday planned or an event to attend and want to know if it¡¯s OK to proceed. In those cases, you might turn to rapid antigen tests, which are widely available, both online and over the counter at drug stores.
But there¡¯s a particularly key thing you need to know when you get a test kit. Those available in Japan come in two types: Ò½¯ŸÓà (¾±°ù²â§à?-²â§à?), meaning ¡°medical use,¡± and Ñо¿Óà (°ì±ð²Ô°ì²â¨±-²â§à?), or ¡°research use.¡±
The government is currently encouraging people with COVID-like symptoms to use self-test kits and register their results with municipal governments online.
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