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The positive Covid-19 results found in sewage could also be from recently recovered cases who can continue to shed fragments of the virus weeks after recovering.
Australian health authorities are warning that Covid-19 could be going undetected in New South Wales, after fragments of the virus were detected in a third sewage plant in two days. Fragments of the virus that causes Covid-19 have been found in the sewage system at Burwood Beach Treatment Plant from a sample taken on Wednesday. The plant has a catchment of around 225,000 people and takes in Newcastle and the surrounding suburbs of Dudley, Charlestown, Jesmond, Lambton, New Lambton, Mayfield, Elermore Vale, Wallsend, Kotara, Garden Suburb, Adamstown Heights, Kahibah, Highfields, Merewether, Waratah West, Georgetown and Carrington.
Canberra [Australia], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Health Authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) region are fearing that some new COVID-19 cases could be going undetected after fragments of the virus were found in a third sewage plant over the past two days.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Health Authorities in Australia s New South Wales (NSW) region are fearing that some new COVID-19 cases could be going undetected after fragments of.
NSW has recorded no new cases of COVID despite traces being found in sewage
NSW Health issued an alert for two NSW suburbs after COVID fragments found
Fragments found at Allambie Heights in Sydney and Merimbula on South Coast
On Sunday fragments were detected in Burwood Beach Sewage Treatment Plant
The catchment serves nearly a quarter of a million residents across Newcastle
Health authorities are warning that COVID-19 could be going undetected in New South Wales, after fragments of the virus were detected in a third sewage plant in two days.
Fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been found in the sewage system at Burwood Beach Treatment Plant from a sample taken on Wednesday.
The plant has a catchment of around 225,000 people and takes in Newcastle and the surrounding suburbs of Dudley, Charlestown, Jesmond, Lambton, New Lambton, Mayfield, Elermore Vale, Wallsend, Kotara, Garden Suburb, Adamstown Heights, Kahibah, Highfields, Merewether, Waratah West, Georgetown and Carrington.
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It follows similar health alerts issued yesterday for the sewage systems at Allambie Heights on Sydney s Northern Beaches and Merimbula on the NSW south coast.