Ontario expected to announce free rapid COVID-19 tests at grocery stores today

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott is expected to announce Wednesday that the province will hand out free COVID-19 rapid tests at grocery stores.

A news conference is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. in Kitchener, Ont. and will be streamed live on CTVNewsToronto.ca and the CTV News App.

On Tuesday night, CTV News Toronto confirmed that about five million rapid tests will be given out per week to grocery stores across Ontario.

Sources said the government is hoping to begin the process around Feb. 21, when the province moves to the next step of reopening.

There will be a limit of one kit per family visit and each kit will contain five rapid tests, sources said.