Only a quarter of Australians with cold or flu-like symptoms are getting tested for coronavirus, according to a Monash University survey.
The latest results of the Survey of COVID-19 Responses to Understand Behaviour, released on Tuesday, found 27 per cent of people with symptoms were tested for the virus.A fifth of those with COVID-19 symptoms said they didn't go for testing because they did not think they had the virus.But 81 per cent of those surveyed said they always follow COVID-19 rules and regulations.
"It's great to see Australians aren't becoming complacent and are maintaining personal protective behaviours at a high rate," lead researcher Peter Slattery said. "We cannot have symptomatic people acting as though they don't have the virus when they simply can't be sure," Dr Slattery said. The survey is in partnership with the Victorian government and the results were collected between late August and early September.
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