COVID-19 in wastewater in an attempt to better identify, monitor and manage potential outbreaks amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to the province.The funding from Queen’s Park will be used to create a network to test wastewater samples taken from a number of communities across Ontario.“Monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 gives us a close to real-time way to track the spread of the virus — even before people begin showing symptoms,” environment minister Jeff Yurek said in a release on Thursday.
How your sewage could help track coronavirus in your neighbourhood Hamilton’s director of water Andrew Grice says testing for COVID samples in the city’s water is actually not a new thing.