Can I get COVID-19 from wastewater or sewage?: More people are asking “Can I get COVID-19 from wastewater or sewage?” Wastewater surveillance can provide an early warning of COVID-19’s spread in communities according to some sources.
People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can shed the virus in their feces, even if they don’t have symptoms, they say.
The virus can then be detected in wastewater, enabling wastewater surveillance to capture presence of SARS-CoV-2 shed by people with and without symptoms. This allows wastewater surveillance to serve as an early warning that COVID-19 is spreading in a community.
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