Extra sewage testing for COVID-19 at Burwood Beach catchment negative for virus

Anita Beaumont
Updated April 29 2021 - 3:46pm, first published 12:00pm
Testing: A wastewater operator collects a sewage sample at Burwood treatment plant to be tested for COVID-19. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Testing: A wastewater operator collects a sewage sample at Burwood treatment plant to be tested for COVID-19. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

REPEAT sewage samples taken at the Burwood Beach Wastewater Treatment Plant have not detected COVID-19, but health authorities say they "won't breathe easy" until further samples test negative for the virus.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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