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Missouri begins clinical surveillance to monitor emerging COVID-19 variants
Through its Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project, the department found the COVID-19 UK variant in various locations throughout the state Author: Sasha Sander (KSDK) Updated: 7:06 PM CST February 19, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Although COVID-19 positivity rates continue to decline in Missouri, the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) plans to continue its precautions due to the unpredictability of emerging variants.
Through its Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project, the department found the COVID-19 UK variant in various locations throughout the state.
“While Missouri has only one confirmed case of a patient with the UK variant, we understand this variant is more widespread in the United States and Missouri than detected by clinical and sentinel testing,” said DHSS Director Dr. Randall Williams. “We want to reiterate just the importance of was
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 5, 2020 - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and researchers at the University of Missouri – Columbia have been collaborating on a statewide project to test domestic wastewater for genetic markers of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Missouri’s Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project is funded by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity grant, Environmental Public Health Tracking, and federal CARES funds. Studies in the Netherlands, Italy and United States found a direct correlation between the amount of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in sewage and the number of reported cases within a given “sewershed,” or the area that drains into a community’s wastewater collection system.