‘Early warning system’: DEFRA claims Covid-19 sewage monitoring scheme success

A programme to detect coronavirus in sewage is now sharing data with NHS Test and Trace, with plans to roll the scheme out further, after early results successfully demonstrated that fragments of genetic material from the virus can be detected in wastewater, the government has announced.

by Jamie Carpenter

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