One of the best tools for predicting COVID-19 outbreaks? Sewage.
The pandemic brought renewed attention to the value of wastewater monitoring for tracking pathogens and mitigating disease.
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The pandemic brought renewed attention to the value of wastewater monitoring for tracking pathogens and mitigating disease.
Loss of federal funding has led to COVID-19 testing site closures throughout Illinois, and the nation. Milder symptoms for those who are vaccinated and increased use of at-home rapid tests, which people rarely report to health authorities, means accurate COVID-19 data is increasingly hard to come by.
Fewer than half of Illinois’ 102 counties are participating in a statewide program that monitors the virus that causes COVID-19 and its variants in wastewater. But state health officials say the participating 68 wastewater treatment plants in 48 counties covers more than 80% of Illinois’ population.
Scientists are analyzing gallons of wastewater from all over Illinois each week as part of the latest effort in combating the spread of COVID-19.
CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shield T3 and the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) today announced a new service to state and local governments outside of Illinois: Testing COVID-19 and