
April 05, 2022
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While scientists have broken all records to find a vaccine and medical staff have put themselves at risk on the pandemic's frontline, a missing will to co-operate in the world at large has allowed COVID-19 to mutate, to revive and to continue its deathly spread. Additional early-warning surveillance is needed to help authorities fight the disease. And this is where wastewater testing comes in.
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By analyzing wastewater samples, we can identify hotspots and potentially infected people in the community.
Dr. Warish Ahmed, Senior scientist, CSIRO
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We were getting positive sample results from regions that no one suspected there were any cases.
Suzanne Metcalfe Research project officer, CSIRO
Liters of wastewater are being transformed into a sea of information
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