Reporting of Positive RAT Results Now Mandatory in Australian State

Reporting of Positive RAT Results Now Mandatory in Australian State
A Mexico City government health worker shows a positive test of a resident during a COVID-19 Rapid Antigen testing in Santa Ursula neighborhood, Mexico City, on Nov. 26, 2020. Claudio Cruz/AFP via Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
Updated:

The Australian state of Victoria has made it mandatory to report positive rapid antigen test (RAT) results to the Department of Health through phone or online from Jan. 7.

People who receive a positive RAT must report it, immediately isolate for seven days, and notify their contacts.