Health
Two local sewage plants test positive for COVID fragments – Northern Star
Bargara and Bundaberg and Wynnum locals urged to get tested immediately if they have any COVID-19 symptoms.
Routine wastewater testing has returned a positive result for viral fragments of COVID-19 in sewage at treatment plants at three locations across the state.
Two of which were local.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said positive sewage results, collected on December 21 and 22, are particularly concerning in light of the recent NSW cluster.
“A positive sewage result means that someone who has been infected was shedding the virus,” Dr Young said.
“Infected people can shed viral fragments…
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