People living in the Victorian coastal town of Apollo Bay are being urged to get tested for coronavirus after viral particles were found in wastewater taken from the sewerage network.
Anyone with even the mildest symptom of the virus living in Apollo Bay or neighbouring communities should be tested and isolate while they await their results, Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton warned late Saturday afternoon.
The preliminary result does not necessarily mean there are active cases of COVID-19 in Apollo Bay. Testing of the entire water network had been increased as a precaution, Professor Sutton said. The test result may also be a result of someone with COVID-19 who hasn’t been detected through testing. The department is analysing sewage for fragments of coronavirus at sites across Victoria as part of a national research program.The Age“We know we can test sewage and find diseases,” he said. “The problem in this case is that this is a new virus and the methods for testing for it haven’t been through the usual rigour.”
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