LONDON, Jan 11 — An international meeting this week will discuss setting up a global system of wastewater monitoring for Covid-19, including at airports, after several...
LONDON, Jan 11 — An international meeting this week will discuss setting up a global system of wastewater monitoring for Covid-19, including at airports, after several countries said they would start tests on flights coming from China.
Numerous studies have shown that such testing has been effective for tracking Covid-19 during the course of the pandemic, particularly when combined with genomic sequencing techniques to identify emerging variants. “It lights a candle in the darkness,” Bernd Gawlik, who co-authored the EU guidelines as the lead on water quality at the European Commission, told Reuters.
It is also becoming more important as routine testing has waned - the World Health Organisation says testing for Covid-19 has declined by 90% in recent months.
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