Queensland Health puts 99 suburbs on alert over COVID detection in sewage

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February 26, 2021

Hundreds of Brisbane residents have been put on alert after the fragments of COVID were detected in wastewater.

Two separate wastewater treatment plants – Luggage Point and Victoria Point – tested positive for the virus, Queensland Health said on Thursday.

The catchments service 99 suburbs in the Metro North region of Brisbane, as well as some inner-city suburbs on the southside.

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said anyone with symptoms, no matter how mild, should come forward for…

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