Health
Desperate COVID-19 hunt extends to sewage – The Australian
NSW Health has extended its hunt for undiagnosed cases of coronavirus to the state’s sewerage system, with experts now scanning wastewater for traces of the highly contagious virus.

- By Hannah Moore
- NCA NewsWire
- 2:04PM July 30, 2020
NSW Health has extended its hunt for undiagnosed cases of coronavirus to the states sewerage system, with experts now scanning wastewater for traces of the highly contagious virus.
As the state works to contain the latest outbreak – weeks of new cases mostly in the double digits – a new research program is testing waste in metropolitan and regional areas across NSW.
Samples collected at the sewage treatment pla…
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