LankaWeb – Sewage poses potential COVID-19 transmission risk, experts warn, coronaviruses can remain viable in sewage for up to 14 days, depending on the environmental conditions
Posted on December 31st, 2020 Courtesy Science Daily The response to the global pandemic has focused upon preventing person-to-person transmission, however, experts now believe the virus could also be spread in wastewater. Earlier this week, it emerged that analysis of sewage in the UK could provide important data on the spread of COVID-19. However, Professor Richard Quilliam’s new paper — published May 6 — now warns that the sewerage system itself could pose a transmission risk. Writing in the journal Environment International, Professor Quilliam and colleagu...
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