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COVID testing of sewage reveals presence of virus in QLD tourist town Airlie Beach – 7NEWS.com.au
‘We’re not quite sure what it means.’
An investigation is underway to determine why viral fragments of COVID-19 have been found in a sample of a major Queensland tourist towns sewage.
The sewage from the Cannonvale-Airlie Beach treatment plant in the Whitsunday region has been deemed COVID-positive in testing by the University of Queensland, Queensland Health and the CSIRO.
A pop-up virus clinic has opened at Airlie Beach on Thursday as a precaution.
Its very early days for sewage testing, Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannett…
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