Global Pandemic: Sewage Being Used to Track COVID-19 Hotspots

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🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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There is a new, innovative approach to identifying coronavirus cases in Israel—sewage! Israeli researchers and the wastewater data company Kando are using local sewage systems to locate coronavirus outbreaks down to specific neighborhoods and streets. FOX’s Trey Yingst speaks with Ari Goldfarb, CEO of Kando, on how local authorities can use his company’s data to take early actions against outbreaks before residents are symptomatic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.5	Thursday July 30th, 2020. Thursday, July 30th, 20th, 2020. I'm Trey Yinks. Around the world, sewage is being used
0:28.0	to identify coronavirus outbreaks.
0:30.0	A few months, we develop a solution that allow us to identify new outbreaks in cities through the wastewater, through the collection system.
0:40.0	This is the Fox News rundown, global pandemic.
0:43.0	In an effort to figure out which communities have large COVID-19 outbreaks, sewage is being analyzed.
0:52.9	Big data companies are turning the analysis into a crucial early detection method.
0:57.1	Over the next few minutes, you'll get the latest headlines on the global COVID-19 outbreak,
1:01.2	and hear from Ari Goldfarb, the CEO of the Wastewater Data Company, Condo.
1:05.6	Starting first in India that recorded 52,000 new cases of coronavirus yesterday alone.
1:11.3	The total number of infections for India stands at 1.6
1:14.1	million people. Large cities like New Delhi and Mumbai have seen new cases level off
1:19.1	and now rural areas are getting hit harder. India has the third highest number of total positive cases for any country around the world.
1:27.0	Now to Jordan, that has been extremely successful in their fight against coronavirus.
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