Aussie sewers a frontline in bid to flush out coronavirus

Australia is getting down and dirty to combat the coronavirus pandemic — unrolling a vast programme of sewage testing this week in the hope of finding hidden clusters of the virus. “We know that coronavirus is excreted in the faeces for up to six weeks after first symptoms appear,” Crosbie said, adding there were no concerns about contracting the virus from treated water as conventional wastewater treatments killed it off.