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Why some countries are looking for coronavirus in sewage
Wastewater surveillance -- which Dutch scientists showed in March can identify evidence of the pathogen earlier than testing patients -- is one of a handful of strategies around the world being developed to pinpoint emerging hotspots and flare-ups before cases spiral out of control.“If you think the community has no Covid, but it’s found in the wastewater, then you know it’s there somewhere," said Dale A.