Free COVID-19 RAT tests for concession card holders leaves pharmacists with unanswered questions

Simon McCarthy
Updated January 23 2022 - 10:06am, first published 8:04am

Pharmacists fear they'll be left holding the ball for the cost of federal government's plan to provide free rapid antigen tests to concession card holders, as details of the scheme's roll out remain unclear and wholesalers' stocks run out amid rampant demand, forcing chemists to purchase tests up to a month in advance of delivery from smaller less reliable sources.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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