Now that residents have switched to at-home COVID testing, wastewater is a way for public health officials to receive data on Illinois communities.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has launch a new website to track COVID-19 levels in wastewater in Chicago and across the state. that tracks the levels from samples collected twice a week and taken to a high-throughput lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago for analysis.
"Monitoring wastewater for the coronavirus has been proven to be an accurate and cost-effective way to measure COVID-19's presence in a community," health officials said in a written release. Now that residents have switched to at-home COVID testing, wastewater is a way for public health officials to receive data.First published on January 10, 2023 / 9:59 AMCreate your free account or log inPlease enter valid email address to continue
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