Urgent call for residents of 17 suburbs to get tested for Covid-19 after coronavirus was detected in wastewater
- A ‘low positive result’ of coronavirus has been found in Adelaide wastewater
- The catchment covers 17 suburbs in the city’s west, SA authorities confirmed
- Residents have been urged to get tested for even the most mild of symptoms
Residents in 17 Adelaide suburbs have been put on high alert after fragments of coronavirus were detected in wastewater.
South Australia Health authorities confirmed on Saturday a ‘low positive result’ had been detected from the BH02 sub-catchment zone which covers areas from North Haven down to West Lakes Shore in the city’s west.
‘This result could be explained by historic cases, however it is a timely reminder that people should get tested for COVID-19 with even the mildest of symptoms,’ SA Health said.
South Australia Health authorities confirmed on Saturday a ‘low positive result’ had been detected from the BH02 sub-catchment zone which covers areas from North Haven down to West Lakes Shore in the city’s west (pictured wastewater treatment plan in Adelaide)
Authorities will continue to retest the catchment and monitor if more traces of the virus are found.
The catchment includes suburbs Birkenhead, Osborne, Ethelton, Exeter, Glanville, New Port, North Haven, Largs Bay, Largs North, and Peterhead, Semaphore, Semaphore Park, Semaphore South, Taperoo, Tennyson, West Lakes and West Lakes Shore.
South Australia currently has 33 active cases with two more infections recorded on Saturday in returned travellers.
On Tuesday authorities confirmed there was just 12 rooms left in hotel quarantine for positive cases prompting Premier Steven Marshall to halt international flights for three days.
Mr Marshall said he had asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to put a ‘pause’ on flights due to the worrying rise in cases in India, as well as infections in his states’ hotel quarantine program.
The announcement comes after the state recorded 14 new coronavirus cases on Monday, all in returning overseas travellers.
South Australia currently has 33 active cases with two more infections recorded on Saturday in returned travellers (pictured travellers arriving at Adelaide Airport)
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