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Townsville, Rockhampton and Nambour on alert after sewage results
Three regional Queensland communities are being asked to be on alert after COVID-19 fragments were detected in sewage.
Queensland health said routing wastewater testing had discovered viral fragments at sites in Townsville, Rockhampton and Nambour, on the Sunshine Coast.
Queensland chief health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the samples were taken on January 12, 18 and 19.
She said while the results were a cause for vigilance, they did not necessarily mean that there were undiagnosed cases in the community.
“A positive sewage result means…
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