Type of Intervention: Guidance, Other Announcement
Sectors Involved: Health, Research and Development
Intervention Categories: Environmental measures; Surveillance and response measures; Detecting and isolating cases; Research and development
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: EAWAG, EPFL ETH Domain
Overview: The novel coronavirus has been successfully detected in wastewater – even at low concentrations, in samples collected at an early stage of the outbreak. Researchers at EPFL and Eawag are now working to optimise the method. The aim is to develop a system which could warn of a resurgence of cases earlier than clinical diagnostic tests.
Full details here: https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-78966.html
Other links: 1
Type of Justification: Scientific Evidence (e.g. academic paper, report)
Source of Evidence or Justification: National – academic
Evidence/Justification: please see media release