Taipei, May 4 (CNA) Supermarket chain a.mart will begin selling domestically manufactured COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits from Thursday at 10 of its stores in northern Taiwan, the company announced Wednesday.
Supermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan (家樂福) yesterday announced it had lowered its price for FORA/VTRUST rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to NT$200 (US$6.82) from NT$350 at its 38 stores that are licensed to sell such items.
The price reduction comes amid skyrocketing demand for rapid tests due to a spike in domestic COVID-19 infections.
Taiwan yesterday reported 6,339 new COVID-19 cases, including 6,295 domestically transmitted infections and 44 cases that were contracted abroad, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) data showed.
While the price for a pack of five FORA/VTRUST tests has also been lowered to NT$975 from NT$1,700, the price for a pack of
/ Staff writer, with CNASupermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan （家樂福） yesterday announced it had lowered its price for FORA/VTRUST rapid COVID-19 antigen test kits to NT$200 （US$6.82） from NT$350 at its 38 stores that are licensed to sell such items.
Taipei, April 26 (CNA) Supermarket chain Carrefour Taiwan announced Tuesday it had lowered the price of FORA/VTRUST rapid COVID-19 antigen tests from NT$350 (US$6.83) to NT$200 at 38 of its stores with drug licenses.