Date Time
Positive wastewater detections across multiple catchments 5 March
Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected at the Luggage Point (servicing the Brisbane Metro North area and some inner-city suburbs on the southside), Marlin Coast (Cairns) and Kawana (Sunshine Coast) wastewater treatment plants.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said anyone with symptoms, no matter how mild, should come forward and get tested.
“Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting, and loss of taste or smell,” Dr Young said.
“It is very important people with symptoms come forward right away and get tested – we can’t be complacent, we’re still in this pandemic.”
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young will brief Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk about the vaccine's distribution in Townsville on Wednesday, as coronavirus fragments are found at 13 wastewater sites across the state in the past 48 hours.