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Increase in Covid-19 detected in wastewater
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English - November 09, 2023 18:45 - 5 minutes - 5.13 MB - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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There's been a significant increase in the level of COVID-19 detected in wastewater across the country.
The Institute of Environmental Science and Research's wastewater surveillance system has found the numbers have almost doubled, with notified cases of COVID also trending up.
ESR says the number of COVID-variants is also on the rise.
Senior scientist Dr Joanne Chapman spoke to Morning Report.