N.S. pilot project hands out do-it-yourself COVID-19 test kits Take-home test kits for a COVID-19 pilot project that involves people swabbing their own noses are being handed out at the Halifax Convention Centre. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 20, 2021 10:21 PM AT | Last Updated: July 21 The pilot project is underway at the Halifax Convention Centre and will run for the next two weeks.(Brooklyn Currie/CBC) Take-home test kits for a COVID-19 pilot project that involves people swabbing their own noses are being handed out at the Halifax Convention Centre. The Department of Health and Wellness says the rapid-antigen tests are only available to asymptomatic people for the next two weeks.