Antigen test

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about coronavirus antigen test kits that are now commercially available online.

The antigen test kits are now available online without a doctor's prescription. Among the roughly 100 types of these kits available now, four products, whose applications by drugmakers have been approved, can be offered to the public online. While both types are available online, the government is calling on people to choose ones for medical use.