People in Warwick, Stanthorpe, Cairns and Loganholme urged to get tested

Residents in four Queensland regions have been urged to get tested after viral fragments of COVID-19 were found in wastewater testing.

Residents in Warwick, Stanthorpe and Cairns have been urged to get tested for COVID-19 as soon as possible after testing of wastewater revealed viral fragments of the virus.

Testing was also urged for people in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, after a similar find.

It comes as Queensland recorded two new cases in the past 24 hours, both of them acquired overseas.

There were five new cases in the state on Monday, and the number of active cases remains at 17.

It comes as Queensland Health opened three more Gold Coast fever clinics and doubled staff numbers at other centres to cope with huge queues.

Waits of up to seven hours have been reported at some Queensland COVID-19 testing clinics since a plea for anyone who had been in Victoria on or since December 21 to get tested and to quarantine until they receive a negative result.

Queues have been particularly long on the Gold Coast, where Victorians have been holidaying in large numbers.