Health
‘Sewage submarine’ to help COVID fight – Morning Bulletin
The small and revolutionary sub can detect how many people in an area are shedding COVID-19 fragments in a major development for tracing the deadly virus.
Australian researchers have developed a sewage submarine that can be planted in wastewater and more accurately detect how many people in an area are shedding COVID-19.
It is hoped the major development will revolutionise wastewater detection and provide a boost for authorities tracking possible infections of the deadly virus.
The cost effective and portable device, also dubbed the torpedo passive sampler, was created by lead researchers at Victoria’s Monash University.
It is encased in a 3D printed…
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