With COVID cases and hospitalisation on a slight uptick, TAC recommends standardisation of sewage surveillance methods
1 year, 9 months ago

With COVID cases and hospitalisation on a slight uptick, TAC recommends standardisation of sewage surveillance methods

The Hindu  

With a slight uptick in COVID cases and hospitalisations in Bengaluru, the State’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee has recommended a standardisation of sewage surveillance methods adopted by the multiple agencies involved in the surveillance. Multiple agencies - Precision Health, National Institute of Virology, Benagluru, IDRF, TIGS, - have been involved in sewage surveillance in Karnataka for the last one year. Under one umbrella In this context the TAC that met on Sunday has recommended bringing all agencies involved in sewage surveillance under one umbrella. As the various agencies doing sewage surveillance are using different methods, TAC recommends that this needs to be standardised,” stated the TAC’s report.

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