NYC-CTIS: COVID-19 Wastewater Sampling

COVID-19 WASTEWATER TESTING
Current studies indicate that remnants of SARS-COV2 virus are present in wastewater, suggesting wastewater as a marker for:
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MEASURING THE PREVALENCE TO COVID-19 IN COMMUNITIES.
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ANTICIPATING OUTBREAKS.
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ALLOWING AMPLE TIME FOR OUTBREAK WARNING AND PROCEDURE PLAN TO BE PUT INTO ACTION.
The NYC-CTIS team conducts testing of wastewater by Real Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR) for SARS-COV2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN YOUR COMMUNITY
 
