Researchers looked for the genetic material of the coronavirus in wastewater.
-19 pandemic as the bug spread to Israel. The project started towards the end of March and the beginning of April, and is still running.
The method is useful from an ethical standpoint, he argued, as it allows scientists and officials to follow infection outbreaks even if people won't or can't be tested and could"provide important information for decision makers with regards to"And since the virus is released in the feces but symptoms are visible only five days after infection, this allows us to know there is an infection even before symptoms become apparent," he said.
The technology has"huge potential" to be used alongside efforts to find cases and control the spread of the disease as it becomes more refined., it could help officials monitor the outbreak and move past testing several thousand people every day, he said.
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