Thank you for your interest in participating in this research project. This page provides you with further information about the project, which is looking at what proportion of people in the Perth community are infected with COVID-19 at any one time.
This research project helps us work out what proportion of all infections are detected through testing and what proportion may be undetected as they are asymptomatic.
Suburbs and households in metropolitan Perth will be randomly chosen to be invited to participate in this study.
Participation is voluntary. If your household is chosen and you don’t wish to take part, you don’t have to. Not all members of the household need to take part, even if one person does. If you would like to take part, we would like you to do provide us with a saliva sample which we can test for COVID-19, and answer some questions about your age, employment, vaccination status and symptoms. It is expected to take about 30 minutes to complete these for the whole household. If you begin participating, you can also stop at any time.
The research team will be conducting this study in a COVID-safe way, including wearing PPE, providing hand sanitiser, always keeping 1.5m distance and not entering your household. All members of the research team have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and tested negative to COVID-19 on a RAT on the morning of the survey.