Wastewater Surveillance— the Perfect Early Warning System for Future Pandemics?

Corona waves can be detected up to 10 days earlier

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SARS CoV2 first sits in the throat, nose and then in the lungs. But small, non-infectious residual components are also found in the intestine.

This is how they get into the wastewater and can be detected using a special PCR test in the local sewage…