Queensland, Australia wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID19)
Dataset Description
Queensland Health uses wastewater surveillance to monitor SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
When there was either no or very low COVID-19 transmission in Queensland, wastewater surveillance was primarily used as a tool to detect the presence of COVID-19 in a geographic area.
Results were useful to guide the public health response. For example, if wastewater samples in a certain geographic area were positive for COVID-19, but there were no known community cases, Queensland Health was able to focus on increasing testing in that area, to try to identify and then contact trace, the positive cases.
When there was continuous COVID-19 transmission in Queensland, wastewater surveillance was used to measure the incidence of COVID-19 in a community.
NOTE: This program closed on 30 September 2022 and this dataset is no longer updated.
