Sewage systems are being tested for coronavirus in a bid to track a second wave of the infection, scientists have revealed.
UK experts are developing ways waste water could identify local outbreaks without the need to test people for the virus. Sewage systems could also provide researchers with a picture on how the deadly bug is spreading, ITV reports.
Professor Vanessa Speight, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, is researching how to interpret data from sewage samples.The results could potentially create a map of Covid-19 cases in the UK and if there is a second wave of the pandemic.She said: “There is great potential for waste water to provide valuable information about the occurrence of
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