Boston is planning to establish 11 wastewater testing sites across the city to help monitor for spikes in the COVID-19 virus:
The city is currently receiving information pulled together from Boston and 22 other nearby locations. City health officials hope the Boston testing sites will help them understand what's happening at a neighborhood level.Coronavirus levels in Eastern Massachusetts wastewater have been on the uptick in recent weeks.
Tracking levels of the virus in wastewaster can serve as a kind of early warning signal, detecting changes even before people are able to be tested and the results reported to public health officials.
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