Twice a week at Dallas’ Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in east Oak Cliff, workers use an empty milk jug tied to a string to pull a 250 mililiter sample...
Phil Huang, the county’s public health director, says it is one more tool the county can use to monitor levels of the virus in the community. It’s not dependent on testing individuals, he said, and is especially effective when at-home tests and asymptomatic cases don’t always show up in official case counts.
The CDC posts its data online, but Huang said the small sample size is not yet an accurate picture of how Dallas is doing. He also said it is just one of several factors public health officials will consider when monitoring the ongoing pandemic.in wastewater data that could signify an increase in cases in the future. Huang said the county will continue to monitor those numbers along with other metrics.
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