SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency is expanding its wastewater surveillance programme to cover more than 400 sites by next year, the agency announced on Thursday .
In a pilot programme launched last year, wastewater testing was used to support the monitoring and management of"With the clearance of transmission in dormitories, wastewater surveillance today complements rostered routine testing of individuals for early detection of COVID-19 transmission in dormitories, to facilitate early intervention and isolation of cases," NEA said.
NEA said it also conducts surveillance at regional nodes across Singapore"for wide-area surveillance of the community", similar to the monitoring of wastewater signals at the water reclamation plants.
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