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Missouri lab detected Delta COVID-19 variant in wastewater weeks before first case was reported
Jul 16, 2021
https://www.foxnews.com/health/missouri-lab-delta-covid-19-wastewater-weeks-before-first-case-reported
University of Missouri professor who is leading a study of COVID-19 in wastewater said his lab detected the Delta variant weeks before the first case was reported. The state is currently seeing a surge due to the Delta variant and has just under 50% of its adult population fully vaccinated.
"We detected it in the first wastewater facility on May 10, a week later we saw it in four different wastewater treatment facilities and by the third week it was everywhere," Marc Johnson, study lead, told Fox 2 Now. "It was across the state, all different parts."