Fermoy firm DeepVerge to make Covid 'early warning' kit for wastewater

Testing of the kits has been going at installations in Cork and York, as well as in the US, UK, China, and India

DeepVerge, an Irish-based diagnostics firm, has secured funding worth €750,000 from Enterprise Ireland to help it win contracts here and around the world for kits that in real time identify Covid-19 and other pathogens in wastewater in locations such as hospitals, schools, and offices.  

The funding from the Government agency is seen as a significant vote of confidence in the company and in its goal to mass produce the "early warning" kits. The company, which is based in Fermoy, Dublin, and at York in England, is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market.