COVID-19 (coronavirus) advice for the UQ community - HEALTH - Testing

Generally, no. UQ will only be providing Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) for UQ’s business purposes. If you require a RAT for personal reasons or to check your health status, you must source this from a retailer. Please refer to the Queensland Health website for further information on when a Rapid Antigen Test can be used and how these can be sourced.

Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for COVID-19 in Queensland | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government (www.qld.gov.au)

Find your nearest Covid-19 testing centre on the Queensland Government website. 

Currently, a limited supply of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) kits are available at a limited number of Queensland Health testing clinics for people who are eligible for a free RAT kit.

You can also buy RAT kits in retail shops and chemists. RAT kits are currently in low supply due to the sudden high demand but are expected to become more readily available in the next few weeks.

If your RAT is positive, the result needs to be registered through this link –  https://www.qld.gov.au/rat-positive

No. You are required to self-isolate at home while you wait for test results which may take from one to several days.  You must not attend campus or visit any UQ facility until you have your results.

No. If you return a negative COVID-19 test result, a medical clearance is not required to return to campus but you should retain a copy of your negative test result for record keeping purposes. You must, however, remain isolated until your results come through, as per current public health recommendations, and not return to campus until completely asymptomatic. You must not come to campus if you are still unwell with respiratory symptoms even if your test is negative. 

No, you don’t need a medical clearance to return to work.  You do however need to have met the Queensland Health criteria – After having COVID-19 to return to work.

Refer to the following: Actions to take when you test positive or are a close contact of a confirmed case

You are a close contact if you are a household member or a household-like contact of a diagnosed person:

• A household member is a person who ordinarily resides at the same premises or place of accommodation as the diagnosed person, and who are residing at the premises or place of accommodation at the time the diagnosed person receives their positive COVID-19 test result. You do not have to be related to the diagnosed person to be considered a household member.
• A household-like contact is a person who has spent more than four hours with the diagnosed person in a house or other place of accommodation, care facility or similar.