
COVID-19 sewage surveillance project to be taken to micro level
The Hindu
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to extend the COVID-19 sewage surveillance project to the micro level across all wards in Bengaluru. Earlier this year, in May, the Government
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to extend the COVID-19 sewage surveillance project to the micro level across all wards in Bengaluru. Earlier this year, in May, the Government had launched the initiative to track the emergence of COVID-19 clusters on a pilot basis in 45 wards.
The civic body, with the assistance from the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), has been collecting sewage samples every day from across the city. The samples are processed by a molecular solutions laboratory and tested for the presence of COVID-19 virus and put through genome sequencing.

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