Researchers in Nova Scotia have begun collecting human waste water samples at sites across the province in an ambitious project that could help detect the presence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 well before it can spread.Dalhousie University is leading the initiative intended to develop a wastewater surveillance approach for the virus throughout Nova Scotia that could ultimately support Public Health in its decision making.
COVID-19 detected in Wolfville, N.S., wastewater in experimental research The director of the Centre for Water Resources at Dalhousie University, Dr.