Traces of coronavirus found in sewage in Gujarat.
Traces of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), have been found in sewage samples in Gujarat, prompting a central agency to consider strengthening surveillance and study whether contaminated sewage can cause infection. Traces of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), have been found in sewage samples in Gujarat, prompting a central agency to consider strengthening surveillance and study whether contaminated sewage can cause infection. “The next step obviously is to determine whether there is risk of infection through this channel or not. However it will still take some time before we start on that as currently there are several surveillance initiatives that need immediate attention,” said an official in the Union ministry of health, requesting not to be identified. Follow latest updates on coronavirus here Only Gujarat has so far reported the presence of the virus in sewage, “and we need to see if ...