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Coronavirus: Sewage study could predict second Covid-19 peak - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-52544247Analysing sewage could help scientists predict a second peak of Covid-19 up to two weeks before people become symptomatic.#CoronaVirus #SewageAnalysis #Wales #UK #Science
A team from Bangor University has been looking at samples from water treatment works across Wales in a bid to trace how many people have been infected.
The team has previously tracked norovirus through the sewage system.
People start to shed the virus in faeces up to two weeks before the onset of symptoms.
Prof Davey Jones, who is leading the School of Natural Sciences study, said: "It may be gives us a two weeks window in which we can actually monitor whether Covid is going up or down in the population before it actually hits the hospitals."Sewage study could predict second Covid-19 peak
Scientists are tracing infections by analysing sewage samples from water treatment works.www.bbc.com
Analysing sewage could help scientists predict a second peak of Covid-19 up to two weeks before people become symptomatic.#CoronaVirus #SewageAnalysis #Wales #UK #Science
A team from Bangor University has been looking at samples from water treatment works across Wales in a bid to trace how many people have been infected.
The team has previously tracked norovirus through the sewage system.
People start to shed the virus in faeces up to two weeks before the onset of symptoms.
Prof Davey Jones, who is leading the School of Natural Sciences study, said: "It may be gives us a two weeks window in which we can actually monitor whether Covid is going up or down in the population before it actually hits the hospitals."
Scientists are tracing infections by analysing sewage samples from water treatment works.www.bbc.com
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