The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and the
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) cordially invite you to a webinar on
Wastewater Surveillance in the Management of COVID-19:
Experiences from three Countries
Date: 31 August 2021 Time: 10:00 to 12:00 (CAT) Platform: Zoom
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Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 RNA has emerged to be an important tool in the management of the disease. The viral RNA can be isolated in wastewater around one to two weeks before it is usually detected through human testing at community level. Direct correlations have been found between the concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and the number of cases of COVID-19 in a particular wastewater catchment area, providing the basis for a COVID-19 Early Warning System. Being relatively affordable and reliable, the tool appears to be particularly valuable in settings where epidemiological data are not available, to establish and adjust public health management strategies.
In this Webinar, the experiences, challenges encountered, and lessons learned in the course of rolling out wastewater surveillance programmes in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Nigeria will be discussed, including preliminary information on the tracking of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater.
Moderator:
Prof. Angela Mathee, ASSAf Health Standing Committee member; Director of the Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
Speakers:
Dr Kata Farkas, Environmental Virologist, Bangor University
Dr Renee Street, Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Prof. Rabia Johnson, Senior Specialist Scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Prof. Vincent Chigor, Coordinator, Water and Public Health Research Group, University of Nigeria
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Wastewater surveillance in the
Management of Covid 19: experiences from three Countries
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Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2021). Wastewater surveillance in the
Management of Covid 19: experiences from three Countries. [Online] Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/204 https://youtu.be/xmYwipQtNcE
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