Tag: sewage testing
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COVID FRAGMENTS FOUND IN BYRON BAY AND LISMORE SEWAGE
The Northern New South Wales Health District is urging members of both the Lismore and Byron Bay community to come forward for testing. Covid fragments have been found in samples from Lismore, Wardell and Byron Bay sewage treatment plants. No new community cases were recorded in the region overnight. Although a new exposure site has…
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COVID FRAGMENT IN BYRON SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT LEAVES HEALTH AUTHORITIES ON HIGH ALERT
Health authorities are on high alert after covid fragments were detected in the Byron Bay and West Kempsey Sewage treatment plants. The Byron samples were taken on September 2. Anyone with even the mildest of symptoms is being urged to get tested – as it’s feared undetected cases may be in the region. There are…
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DESPITE BYRON SEWAGE CONCERNS LOCK DOWN FLAGGED TO END SEPTEMBER 10
Despite concerns over covid fragments being found in sewage at Byron Bay, the Deputy Premier has flagged restrictions on the Far North Coast could be lifted on September 10. There are currently no active cases in the region. Health authorities are encouraging anyone with the mildest of symptoms to get tested – with fears covid…
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CONCERNS GROWING OVER SEWAGE SURVEILLANCE DETECTING VIRUS FRAGMENTS
It’s been 18 months since Yamba recorded a case of COVID-19. Now there’s concerns that streak has been broken with ongoing sewage surveillance detecting fragments of the virus. This is the second detection of COVID-19 in Northern New South Wales, fragments were also found in the Lennox Head sewage treatment plant earlier this week. “Our…