Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater testing in the U.S.

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Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater testing in the U.S.

Coronavirus testing through nasal swabs has become standard practice for trying to contain the global pandemic. 

But some municipalities and colleges in the U.S. are taking it one step further – testing fecal matter in wastewater to try and get ahead of outbreaks. 

CGTN’s Karina Huber reports.