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From sniffer dogs to sewage testing, scientists are finding new ways to detect COVID-19 – ABC News
What do sniffer dogs, faecal matter and drones all have in common? They can detect COVID-19 on a much broader scale than testing people one-by-one. This is how these tactics are (or soon could be) used in Australia.
Right now if we want to know how many people have COVID-19, we have one primary tactic: individual testing.
It’s resource-intensive, inconvenient and hamstrung by the notion that everyone will have symptoms and act on them.
So with the World Health Organisation warning there may never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19, scientists are investigating more creative tactics to keep tabs on the virus.
Enter dogs, drones and sewage testing.
Let’s take a look at how Australian researchers are explor…
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