Detecting COVID-19 before it spreads using wastewater

Detecting COVID-19 before it spreads using wastewater

COVID-19 wastewater testing (source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:COVID-19_wastewater_testing.jpg).

COVID-19 wastewater testing.

Wastewater can be a valuable way to detect SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) before it spreads. In this video, Erika Edwards (health and medical reporter/writer, NBC News shows how UNC Charlotte used wastewater collection to stay open during the pandemic. shows us how one university used wastewater collection to stay open during the pandemic.

Detecting COVID-19 before it spreads using wastewater