Dr Dan Deere, a Melbourne University microbiologist in charge of Australiaâs wastewater monitoring program, said there was a chance that the very strong fragments found in areas including Oak Park, Chirnside Park, Greensborough and Altona could indicate an active case.
âHopefully itâs quite a large number of people shedding low levels of virus, but the theoretical possibility [is] itâs a person early on in the stage of infection, returning them a higher level of virus, so thatâs why the health departmentâs raised a heightened alert,â he told radio station 3AW.
Dr Deere said that although there had been no active community cases for 63 days, viral shedding could be from people who had recently completed hotel quarantine and previously had COVID-19.
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