Qld records Australia-first South African variant
We're hearing from Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath. She says viral COVID fragments have been detected in treatment plants located in five greater Brisbane locations - Victoria Point, Oxley Creek, Goodna, Fairfield and Redcliffe, as well as Cairns North and Nambour.
"It is unknown if the positive results are as a consequence of new cases, cases that are still developing, or old cases where individuals are still shedding. Given the positive results from New South Wales, it is important that people continue to go get tested if they are experiencing any symptoms at all."
Australia has now also recorded its first case of the South African variant of COVID-19, which is believed to be more contagious, in an individual who arrived in the country on December 22.
"We have seen other jurisdictions record a UK variant. But this is the first time the South African one has been identified in Australia. The positive news - the good news about this individual - is that they were in hotel quarantine at the time they were tested and they have since been transferred to a hospital, and we are absolutely confident that all proper measures were taken at the hotel, and in the transfer, and of course at the hospital in relation to this positive case."
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2020-12-29 03:32:00Z
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