COVID Test-Logging Axed as NSW Weighs up Virus Costs

COVID Test-Logging Axed as NSW Weighs up Virus Costs
A COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit is about to be used at home in Sydney, Australia, on Sep 29, 2021. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
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More pandemic-era measures could be rolled back in New South Wales (NSW) after the state government moved to scrap a system allowing people to register positive tests.

Residents will no longer be able to log rapid antigen test results via the ServiceNSW app from the start of October in a change that would save up to $12 million (US$7.7 million) over the next four years.