Coronavirus traces found in water samples from Sabarmati river, two lakes in Ahmedabad

The samples from the Sabarmati river and Chandola and Kankria lakes were collected by researchers of IIT, Gandhinagar and Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Environment Science.

Traces of novel coronavirus have been found in water samples taken from the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. The virus was found in samples taken from the city's Kankria and Chandola lakes as well. The samples from the Sabarmati river and Chandola and Kankria lakes were collected by researchers of IIT, Gandhinagar and Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Environment Science. Professor Manish Kumar of the Earth Sciences department in IIT, Gandhinagar, said that the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in lakes and rivers could lead to a dangerous state of affairs.