Probe of  wastewater at universities will help develop Covid early warning system

The campus at University College Cork, one of the universities where wastewater surveillance is being undertaken to monitor the prevalence of the virus responsible for Covid-19. Picture: Denis Minihane

Virologists are to examine the wastewater at a number of university campuses to help develop an early warning system for future possible Covid outbreaks

Wastewater surveillance is being undertaken to monitor the prevalence of the virus responsible for Covid-19 at University College Cork, NUI Galway, Trinity College, and University College Dublin.