Masks and rapid antigen tests now available

Colleagues

You are welcome back on campus. To help keep us all safe, ANU has secured a supply of rapid antigen tests and masks, which will be available for our community from tomorrow.

Please bring your University ID to one of the distribution hubs at Kambri and the Fulton Muir building and our team will give you a personal, free supply of eight rapid antigen tests and five P2/N95 masks.

We know these items can be costly and hard to find and we want our community to have access to them if they need them.

There is likely to be high demand for these items so we ask for your patience and cooperation.

We will distribute these as efficiently as possible, but while waiting, please maintain social distancing, wear a mask, and ensure you have adequate sun protection. Please remember that those distributing these items are our students and staff, and we owe them respect and kindness.

More information on eligibility, distribution points and the types of masks and tests to be provided can be found here.

Regards

Paul

Paul Duldig
Chief Operating Officer

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Marcia Langton (pictured on the right), who graduated from ANU in 1984 and has since become of the most prominent Indigenous leaders in the country, was the first Indigenous Honours graduate in anthropology at the University.

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