• PHOTO: Cathy Wheelhouse from the Coonamble Neighbourhood Centre is seeing a fluctuating demand in RATS tests.
CALLS have gone out for Rapid Antigen Tests (RATS) to be made free and easily accessible amidst a supply surplus Australia-wide.
Professor Nancy Baxter from the University of Melbourne believes that making them freely available could help with managing the spread of the virus.
"Having tests freely available to people would make it easier for people to manage the risk of COVID and to prevent spreading it," she told the ABC.
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