Wednesday February 2, 2022
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Volume 37 No. 03
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The Cobar Weekly Candidate profile Jesse Cochrane Adolfson Pg 2
Council candidate profile Michael Prince
Flood recovery grants for businesses
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Cobar finally gets its hands on RATs Local schools have received their allocation of rapid antigen tests (RATs) in time for students and teachers to return to school next week. Around 8.2 million kits have been distributed to more than 3,000 government and nongovernment schools and early childhood centres across the state over the past week. The rollout of RATs was a whole-ofdepartment effort from corporate staff volunteering to work round-the-clock at the education facility that doubled as a distribution centre to school staff returning early to distribute the kits to families. St John’s School families have been invited to collect their tests via drive-thru pickup which began on Sunday and continues this week. Cobar High School will have tests available for pick up from the school’s front office this Friday and Monday. Cobar Public School will also be distributing their tests this Friday and Monday in the same manner as they distributed their home learning packs last year during the COVID lockdown. Parents/carers will be advised of the designated time slots they will be able to collect their tests. Four tests per child are to be issued to parents/carers who are encouraged to test their children twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays for the first two weeks of school. Teachers and school staff will also be issued with tests, to be carried out twice a week too. Testing is highly recommended but not compulsory and parents/carers and teachers/staff are not required to report a negative result to the school. Students, teachers and staff who test positive
should stay home and isolate in line with NSW Health guidelines and advice. It’s expected more tests will be made available to schools should the need arise. The general public however are still struggling to access RAT tests. Both local supermarkets received small deliveries of RATs on
Friday (which were quickly snapped up by shoppers) and more supplies arrived yesterday. The John Mitchell Pharmacy yesterday received their first delivery of the year however staff report the order was significantly less than they expected and it won’t cover their long list of waiting customers.
Rapid antigen tests (RATs) are being handed out to parents of local school children this week with a small supply of tests now available for the public to purchase through the supermarkets and pharmacy.
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