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Wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2

  • Funded by State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation SERI (Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation)
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Grant number: 0142005093

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $7,596,316.06

  • Funder

    State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation SERI (Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation)

  • Principal Investigator

    Abteilung Übertragbare Krankheiten Sekretariat der

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease surveillance & mapping

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Based on the Eawag/EPFL research project, measuring the Sars-CoV-2 virus concentrations in wastewater has proven to be a good tool for estimating the epidemiological situation regardless of testing capacities and the testing behavior of the population. With the planned national wastewater monitoring, the measurements are to be continued on a larger scale for the whole of Switzerland in order to obtain a regionally resolved overview of the epidemiological situation. Around 100 wastewater treatment plants (WTPs) across Switzerland are sampled 3-6 times a week and the samples are analyzed in 12 different laboratories. The laboratories are subjected to regular ring tests, supervised by the Zurich Cantonal Laboratory. The cantonal environmental and water protection authorities require the laboratories to take part in the ring tests and to report the laboratory results to the FOPH. The federal government reimburses the cantons for the analysis and reporting costs.More...