Traces of COVID-19 can be successfully detected in sewage, helping to give health officials an early warning of local outbreaks of the virus, the British government said. A project, originally launched in June, has now proved that fragments of genetic material from the virus can be detected in waste water, indicating if a local community or institution is experiencing a spike in cases.

Sewage can reveal COVID outbreaks, UK project finds

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Sewage can reveal COVID outbreaks, UK project finds