Samples could be collected from specific points in the national network of wastewater-treatment plants
A Defra spokesperson said the government was working with scientists, water companies and the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Environment Secretary George Eustice said:"The aim of this new research is to give us a head start on where new outbreaks are likely to occur. He told BBC News:"We would like to have confidence in saying that when we have an increase in virus numbers in the sewage from week to week, there are higher number of coronavirus cases.
"All the evidence suggests that we can potentially see a signal in wastewater before we see a spike in infections in the community," he told BBC News.
Perhaps bullsh1te testing at No.10 more appropriate!! WorstPMever
Is that where Johnson and his government are hiding?
One turd with a trace of virus in now, and they'll be able to lockdown areas at will. We need some perspective
Absolute Bullshit.
vibrations111 😄🤪 They are actually now just talking sh£t..... They will find billions of viruses and bacteria and no evidence at all where it came from, it could be breading in a drain for all they know. Someone lock these scientists up they are becoming a danger to the human race.
Follow that poo, Never mind the goo - We Will find You From your doo-doo...
night No shit !
Wasn't Bangor Uni in Wales advocating this just after the outbreak? That was months ago! Shows how this Government moves and their contempt for science outside their own bubble.
This was being reported weeks ago by the environment agency in the fishing mags so not really new news
Are sewage workers coming down with it or something ?
Psychopath BillGates is rubbing his palms together watching u all bow to their demands! It's absolutely sickening
night I hope this is just a nieve and desperate intention to detect early COVID outbreaks...It is still misleading to the public and innacurate from a scientific point of view though...
What's sewage got to do with covid
night I don't support the idea to invest time and efforts in these kind of approaches to make general conclusions, anybody that has worked with wastewater sampling and has some knowledge about experiment design and statistics will understand
Eeeew !!
Load of crap.
Yuk
What a load of sh*t.
covid found in waste water over 9 months ago but UK digs up old news so they can ignore the rapist in Conservatives and racists in UKLabour
A Japanese university is doing same research. Kanazawa university or Toyama university.
Wow! Plunging new depths here! I smell bullshit! 😆 Plandemic Agenda21 ID2020 Operationlockstep Quantumtattoo
Hey, what about Wales testing since June
come on ..scamdemic is seriously waning now ...swab test from humans , it lives on surfaces , and now under water ...apparently theres vaccines ..produced within months ? Total utter scam..o more so coz train companies reckon they can obliterate from all surfaces!! WAKE UP
I nominate Piers Morgan to undertake this testing!
Can this be done in Kenya MOH_Kenya
For heaven's sake GET A GRIP!!!!🤪 They'll be searching for goblins next. IT'S A SCAM... move on
Other countries have been doing this for months - Johnson & co late to the party.........again.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse they come up with this 💩
This really is a shit show.
The European area is famous for hard water, but tap water is not drinkable in any country. I think that there is a difference in sewage treatment from Japan, so please refer to Japan's sewage treatment system.
They are taking the p**s !
Struggling to find it in people so are now “finding it” in sewers. I voted conservative and am disgusted in this government
Naturally, all viruses are also mixed in excrement (feces and urine), so I think that it is necessary to be very careful in processing them.I would like you to imitate the Japanese sewage treatment system regarding this matter.
No shit.
I'm happy to send them a sample 😁
So, rather than a swab up the nose, we could have just given a pooh sample? COVID19 coronavirus this is beyond a joke!
😂😂😂 Swimming virus. Does it need a lifejacket? Can't make this shit up 🤣🤣🤣
The French was doing this month s. Ago
SayNoToLockdown
Let’s squat for sewage workers, the real heroes keeping our water clean, potable and free of shit squatforsewageworkers lovesewage anglianwater thameswater water
And the s**t show continues 💩💩
night Can test shit but not care homes 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼
Taking the piss again
How will they know where the shit come from.
As of now,0.07% infection rate,0.1%fatality rate,0.04% chance of death if you get virus,mostly elderly deaths,and they want to give u vaccine
^ It's a shit job, but somebody has to do it.
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Let's protest this nonsense like the Berliners. They can see fascism, they've seen it before.
Spike in infection levels?whens the fear mongering stopping.
Although some things could be improved I’m continually astonished at the range of activities being undertaken by so many arms of government. Really quite impressive given that this hit the world from nowhere only at the start of 2020.
Sounds familiar...
Jesus wept 😂😂😂
I sh*t you not!
This is hilarious, BBC get there comedy mojo back. Bit late now, tick tock.
quick give my local river an AIDS test..I'm worried
Bit of a shit job
FFS, even sewage is getting tested quicker than care workers!!!
France has been doing this for months
This shit just got real.
Anything to keep us in lockdown.
It’s unbelievable people are falling for this absolute shite. Pardon the pun. 😡
Been going on for weeks.
Haha! What a joke! They will find any excuse to lock us down they are desperately searching for one. Next it will be in our water supply.
... other countries were doing this in March and found the virus had been circulating a lot longer than the official story. Why have we waited until now?
Now that's a sh*t jobby
Only 6 months late...
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