âSewage doesnât lieâ when tracking Covid-19
Wastewater samples must undergo an elaborate preparation process involving filtration, concentration and RNA extraction prior to detection. swissinfo.ch
For over a year, scientists have been hunting for traces of Covid-19 in Swiss sewage, achieving several worldwide breakthroughs. But the projectâs future is now in question.
This content was published on May 5, 2021 - 09:00
May 5, 2021 - 09:00
Simon Bradley
Born in London, Simon is a multimedia journalist who has worked for www.swissinfo.ch since 2006. He speaks French, German and Spanish and covers the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva, and a wide range of issues mainly in French-speaking Switzerland.â¯