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Police chat to motorists at a roadside checkpoint on the D’Aguilar Highway at Yarraman (Photo: QPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 4, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett police were out on Wednesday ensuring all persons travelling within the South Burnett area were COVID-compliant.<\/p>\n

Officer-in-charge of Kingaroy Police, Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney, said no breaches were detected.<\/p>\n

“Thank you for doing the right thing!” he said.<\/p>\n

“With the South Burnett sharing borders with some of the local government areas (LGAs) that are currently locked down this was a good chance to ensure compliance and education around the current Chief Health Officer\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

“Police would like to acknowledge the strong community support and understanding from those motorists stopped and the need for activities such as these to keep all communities safe.<\/p>\n

“Police were happy to report no breaches have been detected but some misunderstandings have been corrected.”<\/p>\n

NB. According to figures collected by the South Burnett Rail Trail Users Association, there were 16 caravans at the Wondai free-stay park last Thursday, prior to the south-east Queensland lockdown, which had increased to 32 on Wednesday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Indooroopilly cluster of Delta-variant COVID-19 cases has grown to 63 people – with 34 cases aged 19 or under.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest figures were announced by Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

It is the largest COVID outbreak in Queensland since the pandemic began at the start of 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve known younger people to have been less affected in previous outbreaks. However, that is no longer the case with Delta,” Dr Young said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelta has a closer affinity to respiratory cells, and we know now that younger people are more at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is true that they\u2019re less likely to become extremely unwell if they get infected, but they are now thought to be more likely to transmit the virus to other people, and that\u2019s concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NSW Chief Health Officer\u00a0Kerry Chant has confirmed the sudden death of a 27-year-old man with COVID-19 in Liverpool would be referred to the Coroner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The man, who had not been vaccinated, was being treated at home by the South Western Sydney Local Health District but his condition \u201csuddenly deteriorated”.<\/p>\n

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Fragments of SARS-CoV-2 – the virus which causes COVID-19 – has been detected in sewage during recent routine testing in suburban catchments in Brisbane and Cairns.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Queensland Health spokesperson said the fragments could either indicate the presence of an undiagnosed case of COVID-19 in the community or a a case which was no longer infectious was still shedding fragments of the virus.<\/p>\n

People who live (or who have recently visited) the following Brisbane suburbs have been urged to get tested if they have any symptoms consistent with COVID-19: Ashgrove, Chapel Hill, Chelmer, Corinda, Enoggera, Graceville, Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Kenmore Hills, Rocklea, St Lucia, Sherwood, Taringa, The Gap, Tennyson and Toowong.<\/p>\n

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Queensland Health has issued a new alert for contact tracing locations at Toowong, Indooroopilly, Loganholme and Shailer Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Young has urged residents who have been in any of the 11 south-east Queensland council areas to check the contact tracing list daily.<\/p>\n

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