Canberra students will return to school next week with rapid antigen tests to be distributed to families with the bulk of the tests to be available by the end of week one.
The ACT government's highly anticipated return to school plan will include surveillance testing but schools will not be entirely reliant on testing and it will not be compulsory.
The ACT's plan will follow that of NSW and Victoria with two tests a week provided to every student and school staff member across the first four weeks of Term 1.
