Experts Developing Protocol to Test Sewage for Covid-19 Traces

News:A team of experts from the COVID Action Collab (CAC) is exploring ways to treat sewage water to detect traces of coronavirus.

Facts:

• Metabolic waste of COVID-19 patients contain traces of coronavirus. It can be detected through special laboratory tests.

Significance:

• It will help in early detection and subsequently prevent further spread of the virus.
•  It will also help greatly in densely populated urban clusters, ghettos, etc, where it becomes extremely difficult to test the swab sample of every individual.

Additional facts:

COVID Action Collab

• It  is an initiative by a group of experts.It is ideated by the Catalyst Group, a social impact platform.
• Objectives:
  • Prevent new infections
  • Diagnose early,
  • Treat appropriately and with care
  • Mitigate negative impacts on livelihoods, well-being.