New sewage testing shows evidence of COVID-19 in Brisbane after UK strain found

COVID-19 viral fragments in sewage have been discovered in Brisbane as authorities attempt to prevent further cases of a new strain of the disease.

The fragments have been discovered at the Gibson Island water treatment plant in Brisbane’s south this week.

They have also been found in Townsville, Hervey Bay and Maryborough sewage.

On Thursday, an Algester woman who works in hotel quarantine tested positive for a strain of the virus from the UK which is about 70 per cent more contagious than…