Coronavirus found in sewage water samples from flights, says DG
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says sewage sampling from aircraft is carried out twice weekly. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 2, 2023.
In the same period, the lab received 301 samples from 15 sentinel locations representing each state in the country. He said detecting the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 in sewage water samples provided early warning by allowing them to get an idea on the virus density trend, identify the variants in the community and monitor the intervention controls’ effectiveness in general.
“For samples from entry points, risk assessment is continually conducted to identify countries with risk.
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