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The Australian Capital Territory has confirmed zero new coronavirus cases. There are no active cases in the state.
In the past 24 hours, 228 tests returned negative results, but ACT Deputy Chief Health Officer, Dr Vanessa Johnston, has urged that people get tested if they have even the mildest symptoms after virus fragments were found in sewage at a wastewater site in Belconnen.
The Belconnen testing site covers wastewater from Aranda, Belconnen, Bruce, Charnwood, Cook, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn, Fraser, Giralang, Hall, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Kaleen, Latham, Lawson, Macgregor, Macquarie, McKellar, Melba, Page, Scullin, Spence, Strathnairn and Weetangera.
All other locations in the ACT had negative sample results on 27 January.
Back in Australia, a week-long, $5m advertising blitz encouraging Australians to travel domestically in 2021 will kick off on Sunday, AAP reports.
The government wants locals to holiday in Australia, including areas impacted by last summer’s bushfires, to give the embattled industry a boost.
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