22 Jul 2022

Covid-19 wastewater data available online

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 22 July 2022

Wastewater testing for Covid-19 has shown a spike in the last two weeks due to the BA.5 variant.

Earlier this week Dr Ashley Bloomfield estimated that half of all positive Covid-19 cases were going unreported, making wastewater testing one of our most valuable metrics.

Dr Brent Gilpin is from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, which has developed a new public dashboard for testing data.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.

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