Covid-19: Sewage testing to be extended across NI

Covid-19: Sewage testing for virus spikes extended in NI
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image captionIt is hoped testing wastewater samples for Covid-19 could help develop an early warning system
Plans are being developed to increase sewage wastewater testing to identify coronavirus spikes in Northern Ireland.
Scientists established last year that the virus's genetic material could be identified in human waste.
Testing is currently being carried out on samples from wastewater sites at Ballynacor (Craigavon) and Dunmurry.
That will be scaled up to help develop a Covid-19 early warning system under Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) plans.
Under the plans, a number of additional sites will be added between April and June, with further sites covering all of NI's population added in the second half of 2021.

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