Wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19

(Cranfield University) Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in the wastewater of communities infected with the virus. The wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) approach could provide an e?ective and rapid way to predict the potential spread of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) by picking up on biomarkers in faeces and urine from disease carriers that enter the sewer system.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news