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Deputy Premier and Health Minister Dr Steven Miles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 3, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two new cases of COVID-19 in Queensland were confirmed by Health Minister Dr Steven Miles on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Dr Miles said the two cases – a man and a woman aged between 30-39 years – were linked, and were also believed to be connected to the Youth Detention Centre \/ Corrections Training Academy cluster – although that was still being investigated.<\/p>\n

One of the new cases works at the Karinya Place aged care home at Laidley.<\/p>\n

Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said the risk at the facility was low as the infected person did not work directly with residents.<\/p>\n

Residents and staff at the facility are now undergoing testing.<\/p>\n

“It is now close to two weeks since that first case was reported at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre,” Dr Miles said.<\/p>\n

“We continue to see small numbers of cases generally amongst those who’ve had contact with other confirmed cases.<\/p>\n

“And that’s really promising. It suggests that our efforts – that our rapid response – is working.”<\/p>\n

There are now 30 active cases in Queensland, including 18 people in hospital; 14,273 tests were carried out during the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Viral fragments of COVID-19 have been detected in a sample from the Cannonvale-Airlie Beach sewage treatment plant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sample was taken as part of a joint Queensland Health, University of Queensland and CSIRO pilot research program.<\/p>\n

Sampling has been taking place at several locations across Queensland since mid-July: in Brisbane,\u00a0Ipswich,\u00a0Logan, the Gold Coast,\u00a0Sunshine Coast,\u00a0Hervey Bay,\u00a0Mackay,\u00a0Cannonvale-Airlie Beach, Townsville and\u00a0Cairns.<\/p>\n

Dr Young said the surveillance program was just one part of a wider response to COVID-19 and the positive sample should be of no concern to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut just to put everyone\u2019s minds at ease, we have stood up a pop-up testing clinic at the Airlie Beach Lagoon carpark until Sunday from 10:00am to 4:00pm. <\/p>\n

“If anyone has COVID-19 symptoms, no matter how mild, they should go and get tested.<\/p>\n

\u201cA positive sewage result meant that someone who has been infected was shedding the virus. <\/p>\n

“Infected people can shed viral fragments and that shedding can happen for several weeks after the person is no longer infectious. The viral fragments themselves are not infectious.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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