Water Wheel Nov/Dec 2021: Covid-19 And Water

Abstract

Tracking COVID-19 in sewers and in patients to help halt the pandemic Measuring coronavirus levels in wastewater offers an early warning tool against the rise of COVID-19 infections in South Africa. This is the finding of health and water experts who have been involved in a national COVID-19 environmental surveillance collaborative initiative since 2020. During a recent online symposium, these experts highlighted their experiences with employing a WBE approach to track coronavirus infection levels in local communities. The symposium was organised by the Water Research Commission (WRC). The age of coronaviruses Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, three types or variants of coronaviruses have crossed the barrier to cause deadly pneumonia in humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-1), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), and now severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19).

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