Border declaration passes required for all travellers from NSW into Queensland

Coronavirus has been detected in sewage samples on the Gold Coast, Townsville, north Cairns and Cleveland, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer says.

Jeannette Young said she was carefully watching the situation in New South Wales and urged returning travellers to get tested and self-isolate.

“Anyone who has travelled to Greater Sydney or the Central Coast, could they please get themselves tested and stay in quarantine wherever you are until you get a result,” Dr Young said.

“That will give us assurance that we don’t have any spread.

“The reason I’m asking the Central Coast people is because there is a direct ferry link between the northern tip of the northern beaches and the Central Coast and we know people move between those two areas.”

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