Health by Ally Foster and Charis Chang 27th Jan 2021 6:26 AM People who get vaccinated may believe they can t spread the coronavirus and could prove to be the next super-spreaders, Harvard University public health student Rushabh Doshi has warned. Writing on KevinMD, a platform founded by Dr Kevin Pho, Doshi noted that it was still unclear whether vaccinated people could still spread the virus. With a slower than expected vaccination rollout to the general public, people who are vaccinated and fail to understand that they can still be carriers of the virus pose an immediate threat to the unvaccinated, Doshi wrote last week.
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Subscriber only MORE traces of COVID-19 have been detected in wastewater at multiple treatment facilities in and around the Ipswich area. Ipswich City Council confirmed on Friday viral fragments of SARS-CoV-2 had been detected at sites across Goodna, Carole Park and Wacol. The samples from the three sites were collected last week as part of routine testing. There was also a positive test result for a Mackay South facility, which was taken this week. Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the results did not mean there were new cases of the virus in the Ipswich community.
âClear criteriaâ needed to extend CHOâs pandemic powers, advocates urge
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The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties has warned that the emergency powers granted to the stateâs Chief Health Officer cannot be extended indefinitely.
The council was one of many advocacy groups that gave submissions to the public hearing of the parliamentary committee examining a proposed extension of Jeannette Youngâs powers.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says she doesnât use her special powers lightly.
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They are set to expire in April and the extension would move the end date to September 30.
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Subscriber only Pandemic virus fragments have been found in sewage at four sites in Queensland - Mackay South, Goodna, Wacol and Carole Park. The latest wastewater analysis comes after the state recorded three new cases of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, all acquired overseas and detected in hotel quarantine. A man in his 50s tested positive after recently returning from Papua New Guinea and two women in their 30s have also been diagnosed with the virus, one after arriving from Dubai, the other after flying in from Doha.