UK joins hunt for virus in sewage
England has begun testing effluent at 44 wastewater-treatment sites for fragments of coronavirus genetic material. The country joins Wales, the Netherlands, the United States and Sweden in efforts to determine whether such testing could predict outbreaks and help to measure their true scale. “Sampling is being carried out to further test the effectiveness of this new science,” said a government minister. “Research remains at an early stage, and we are still refining our methods.”BBC | 4 min read
Read more: How sewage could reveal the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak (Nature | 4 min read, from April)
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