COVID Test Finders Twitter account is like Vaccine Hunters for rapid tests

Amid growing calls to make COVID-19 rapid antigen tests widely available, a Twitter account started by a Kitchener, Ont.-based doctor aims to help connect Canadians with the difficult-to-find tests while advocating for their use.

COVID Test Finders, created by Dr. Dalia Hasan three months ago, acts like the popular Vaccine Hunters Twitter account which aimed to inform people when a vaccine clinic near them was opening up or had space available.

Hasan and her team of volunteers work to source information about where free rapid testing is available and tweet out information about where to obtain the tests – or so is the hope.

“We tried to create our platform to amplify free rapid test programs and initiatives and we’ve barely had any material to amplify,” Hasan told CTV News Channel Thursday.

Across the country, provinces have taken a number of different approaches when it comes to the rollout of rapid antigen tests. While they have mostly been used in high-risk settings such as long-term care homes, or at schools and businesses, many have gone unused.