Covid-19 Incidence in Wastewater Is Rising in South Africa

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Analysis of wastewater samples in South Africa show that there is an increased incidence of Covid-19 in three provinces.

Samples from all wastewater plants in the industrial hub of Gauteng province, in eThekwini in KwaZulu-Natal and in Bloemfontein in the Free State, the South African Medical Research Council said in a report on Thursday. Samples in southwest Johannesburg indicated the spread of the newly discovered omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages.