Wastewater surveillance and its use in determining the status quo of the health situation gained particular prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has proven to be an effective tool for gathering timely and valuable intelligence regardless of people's behaviour (such as their willingness to get tested, for example) and interventions (such as the implementation of containment measures). What does wastewater monitoring involve? Would such a surveillance mechanism help predict the next pandemic?
We spoke to Dr Leslie Ogorzaly, senior researcher within the Environmental Research and Innovation department at LIST, to try to answer these questions.
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Tech Advantage is a podcast from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). LIST is a mission-driven Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) active in the fields of materials, environment and IT. In this podcast, we’ll delve every other Tuesday into some of the latest innovations in materials technology, sustainability and IT. The podcast will feature conversations with experts but also short quick-bite episodes on technology topics that are shaping the world today.