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	Podcast:		The Mike Hosking Breakfast
	Episode:		Kirk Hope: Business New Zealand Chief Executive says Government's approval of rapid antigen testing should have been earlier
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:03:48
	Publish Date:		2022-01-26 19:45:17
	Description:		It's expected to be very difficult to operate a business under Omicron, without access to rapid antigen tests. Argument has broken out between businesses and the Ministry of Health, over whether the ministry has pushed in, taking RATs meant for businesses. Business New Zealand Chief Executive Kirk Hope told Tim Dower the horse has bolted, because the Government should've been approving suppliers of RATs way earlier. He says now there aren't going to be enough of them, and companies can't use them for surveillance testing. “You can only use them for return-to-work testing, so people can get back to work more quickly. Not good enough, frankly.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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