In preparation for the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it is recommended to prepare antigen test kits in advance. , urges consumers to check and purchase the “pharmaceutical” label, which indicates an approved kit.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is requesting that people with a low risk of becoming seriously ill be tested with an antigen test kit and recuperate at home in order to avoid rushing to a fever outpatient clinic if the infection of the corona virus spreads further or if there is a simultaneous epidemic with influenza. Therefore, we recommend that you purchase the kit in advance at a pharmacy or online.
Kits whose performance has been confirmed and approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare are labeled as "class 1 drugs" or "in vitro diagnostic drugs", but they are "research" kits whose performance has not been confirmed by major online shopping sites. are sold in large numbers.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare shows the product names of approved kits and a list of pharmacies and sales sites that handle them on the website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and calls for confirmation and purchase.
Professor Kazuhiro Tateda of Toho University, who is a member of the government's new corona countermeasures subcommittee, said, ``Some research kits have low accuracy and do not give correct results. It is important to devise a layout so that the general public can see it at a glance."