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The COVID-19 testing system isn t working anymore Could sewage surveillance plug the gap?

The COVID-19 testing system has been overwhelmed by the Omicron variant, making it impossible to know how many people are infected. Testing for the virus in wastewater could help plug the gap. But how does it work? Where is it being used? And how can it inform public health policy?

The COVID-19 wasteland: searching for clues to the pandemic in the sewers | iNFOnews

Mia Rabson Professor Robert Delatolla poses in front of a pumping station used to collect wastewater samples that are screened for COVID Thursday April 8, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld April 11, 2021 - 4:00 AM OTTAWA - When Ottawa Public Health officials are trying to decide whether restrictions in the city need to tighten up, they look to the normal markers like positive tests, patients in hospital, and outbreaks. But they are also among the few in the country that take cues from the city s sewers. Using municipal wastewater to look for evidence of the virus behind COVID-19 is part of a rapidly expanding body of science. The virus is shed in human waste, often before a patient even knows they are sick.

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