Countries Renewing Efforts For Wastewater Analysis To Detect Covid Surge
Sewage monitoring for the Covid virus began in late 2020, after several studies indicated that sewage sludge could accumulate SARS-CoV-2 RNA. This is because traces of SARS-CoV-2 can be isolated from what we throw in the toilet – and sometimes survive for up to several days after leaving the body of an infected person. According to the New Zealand Institute for Environmental Science and Research, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in all but one of the 120 sewage sites by the week of April 10, the NZ Herald reported....