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Thursday, November 30

Looking for leaks: Sewage testing to determine whether infections have been missed

As Lismore is sent back into lockdown, Queensland Health is monitoring sewage tests in northern NSW to determine where other threats may lie. It has also ramped up testing around the Sunnybank cluster.

Waste water tests can identify virus weeks before symptoms

Testing untreated sewage can detect COVID-19 in communities weeks before people display symptoms.

State-wide rollout of sewage testing to ensure no virus goes undetected

Researchers are already sampling wastewater in south-east Queensland for any evidence COVID-19 has gone undetected.