Test yourself at home today, protect Canada’s tomorrow

Are you feeling sick with a respiratory illness? Do you live in Toronto and have a postal code beginning with M3J, M3K, M3N, M3L, M3M, or M6L? See if you’re eligible to receive a free at-home COVID test kit and get rapid test results.

Eligibility in Toronto

You may be eligible for a free at-home COVID test kit if you have two of the specified respiratory symptoms, including:

• runny nose
• cough
• fever
• wheezing
• sore throat
• nasal congestion
• shortness of breath
• fatigue
• rapid breathing
• excessive mucus production
• loss of smell or taste
• presence of blood in your sputum
• or trouble sleeping due to breathing difficulties

and be enrolled within 7 days of symptom onset

About PREPARED

The purpose of this study is to assess how well a readily available multiplex-viral testing device can be used by patients when delivered to their homes for self-testing considering its effectiveness, ease-of-use and suitability. The devices rapidly test for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) and other common respiratory viruses (such as adenovirus (ADV), influenza A/B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)) in patients presenting with acute respiratory symptoms. This study will also assess to see how effective of a system it may be to refer eligible patients to ongoing clinical trials.

Contact us

You can reach the PREPARED study team by emailing prepared@unityhealth.to