Alcala-Alcossebre continues to have no COVID-19 in its waste water
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On 17th August, the analyses carried out on the waste water from the Alcossebre sewage plant certified that there had been no discovery of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in the samples analysed during June, July and the first two weeks of August. These tests are possible thanks to the agreement signed between the Council and the FACSA company which, with the information obtained from the detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material might permit the generation of an early warning in the nearby towns of the possible presence of people infected by the virus, whether or not they present symptoms, and thus the control any possible surges, should they occur.
The tests, for which FACSA pays with no financial cost to the Alcala-Alcossebre Council, consist of the analysis of samples of waters and solids from which the RNA is extracted. It is then analysed in the laboratory to analyse any viral presence. None of all the weekly samples taken between the 17th June up to the 10th August has shown the presence of coronavirus in the town’s residual waters.
Mayor Francisco Juan emphasised that “this is good news which confirms the rare incidence which the coronavirus is having in our town” but he insisted that “both at an institutional and a personal level, we must continue taking all possible precautions and respect the maximum mandatory use of the mask, hygiene and maintaining the level of safe distance”.
On 17th August, the analyses carried out on the waste water from the Alcossebre sewage plant certified that there had been no discovery of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in the samples analysed during June, July and the first two weeks of August. These tests are possible thanks to the agreement signed between the Council and the FACSA company which, with the information obtained from the detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material might permit the generation of an early warning in the nearby towns of the possible presence of people infected by the virus, whether or not they present symptoms, and thus the control any possible surges, should they occur.
The tests, for which FACSA pays with no financial cost to the Alcala-Alcossebre Council, consist of the analysis of samples of waters and solids from which the RNA is extracted. It is then analysed in the laboratory to analyse any viral presence. None of all the weekly samples taken between the 17th June up to the 10th August has shown the presence of coronavirus in the town’s residual waters.
Mayor Francisco Juan emphasised that “this is good news which confirms the rare incidence which the coronavirus is having in our town” but he insisted that “both at an institutional and a personal level, we must continue taking all possible precautions and respect the maximum mandatory use of the mask, hygiene and maintaining the level of safe distance”.
