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Traces of COVID-19 detected in wastewater at Carole Park, Ipswich as Queensland records two new coronavirus cases
Traces of COVID- 19 have been detected in wastewater at Carole Park in Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
Key points:
- The Chief Health Officer says the detection of COVID in wastewater could be a sign of undetected cases in Ipswich
- It is being “treated seriously” by Queensland Health
- Two people returning from overseas also tested positive to coronavirus in quarantine
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said the result was concerning due to the unknown cause of the positive results.
“We have had several weeks worth of negative results at this wastewater testing location since the Brisbane Youth Detention cluster,” Dr Young said.
“There is a very real possibility this wastewater result is a sign of one or more undetected positive COVID-19…
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