Health
Qld man has super-contagious UK mutant COVID strain – Northern Star
A Queensland man has tested positive to the UK variant of COVID as traces of the virus are found in more southeast sewerage plants.
A traveller returning to Queensland from Africa has tested positive to the fast-spreading UK variant of the pandemic virus.
Queensland Health said the man in his 30s had been taken to hospital from hotel quarantine.
He had recently returned from Ghana.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said genomic sequencing revealed the man had the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The UK variant is believed to be up to 70 per cent more contagious.
“This detection highlights…
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