Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210522:23:22:00
A project which examines sewage water is hoping to catch any early outbreaks. early in the pandemic, scientists confirmed waste water could be tested for genetic fragments of sars virus. since then the government have set out to take samples from sewage treatment plants across the country. that has now been ramped up. researchers say 500 locations are being monitored for coronavirus, many samples at least four days a week. it is a sewage based coronavirus tracking project that was developed from scratch over the last year. the health secretary said this week the approach was being used to moni...