New tech will let cities detect virus in sewage with higher sensitivity

A new technology that identifies even low levels of the novel coronavirus in a community by analyzing wastewater will soon be available to municipalities willing to pay for the service, a first in Japan. Leading drug maker Shionogi & Co., based in Osaka, and Hokkaido University launched a joint study last autumn to develop the technology, which they said can detect the virus, even when only several people are infected, in sewage discharged from tens of thousands of people.
A new technology that identifies even low levels of the novel coronavirus in a community by analyzing wastewater will soon be available to municipalities willing to pay for the service, a first in Japan. Leading drug maker Shionogi & Co., based in Osaka, and Hokkaido University launched a joint study last autumn to develop the technology, which they said can detect the virus, even when only several people are infected, in sewage discharged from tens of thousands of people.
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