Residents urged to get tested after another COVID wastewater result in Queensland

“It could also be an indication that someone who has previously had COVID-19 has visited our area and is still shedding the dead virus. Another possibility is that it is from someone who was positive in our quarantine hotel and is now recovered.

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“This detection should serve as an alert and warning to the community to be vigilant for COVID-19 symptoms.”

Symptoms may include fever, cough, breathing difficulties, sore throat, loss of smell or taste, runny nose, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.

Dr Gair urged everyone in the region to get a test immediately if they had any symptoms.

“Getting a test does not mean you have to quarantine for 14 days, you just have to go home until we text your results, which takes about 24…