AROUND 25,000 free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) were distributed by Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) to residents from October 2022 through to the end of December 2023 as part of a state-funded initiative.

The Department of Health provided the council with funding so it could provide free Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to the community to ensure everyone, particularly those most vulnerable, could promptly test for COVID-19 when required.