Online ordering of HIV test kits now availableANONYMITY: The kits would be sent to designated 7-Eleven outlets in packages that do not say what is inside or list the manufacturer, a top CDC official saidBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterPeople can now order rapid HIV self-testing kits online and pick them up at 7-Eleven convenience stores, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. The test is easy, requiring a gentle swipe with the test swab on the upper and lower gums, and then the swab is placed in a test tube and the result is available in 15 to 20 minutes, CDC Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞) said. The online sales that began yesterday are the second wave of the 2020 HIV Home Testing Program that began on May 1, which allowed people to purchase rapid test kits at 362 locations nationwide, including pharmacies, saunas and vending machines, Lo said. An HIV self-testing kit is pictured in an undated photograph. However, people willing to register their initial results online with the CDC would receive an electronic coupon for a free test kit, he added.

Source: Taipei Times May 12, 2020 15:56 UTC