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Coronavirus: Sewage testing for Covid-19 begins in England – BBC News
Samples will be checked for signs of the virus, to get early warnings of spikes in infection levels.
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Samples could be collected from specific points in the national network of wastewater-treatment plants
Sewage testing is being conducted across England in a bid to develop wastewater-based Covid-19 surveillance.
Scientists discovered early in the pandemic that infected people “shed” the virus in their faeces.
Further research concluded that wastewater sampling could provide a signal of a coronavirus outbreak up to a week earlier than medical testing.
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