Sewage surveillance: China is tracking its citizens’ trash to fight COVID-19
Amid rising COVID-19 infections and crumbling healthcare infrastructure in China, authorities have decided to monitor wastewater as an early warning system. The technique, also known as “sewage surveillance”, appeared on China’s national COVID-19 directives for the first time. This technique has already been piloted in Shenzhen and the capital city of Beijing. The task force … Read more