A woman works in a water testing lab of the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences in Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia in this handout picture taken in 2019. University of Queensland/Anjanette Webb/Handout via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian researchers said on Thursday they expect to roll out wide testing of raw sewage for the presence of coronavirus within weeks to help pinpoint communities at risk, after a successful regional pilot.
The trial in Queensland by national science agency CSIRO and the University of Queensland will be used to develop a surveillance system researchers said will help officials when they start to wind back restrictions on public movement.
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