SAMRC cautions people with ill health to wear masks after spike in Covid-19 traces in Western Cape wastewater
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) has advised people who are sickly or at high risk of Covid-19 complications to consider wearing face masks after it noticed an increase in Covid-19 traces in several wastewater treatment plants in the Western Cape. The council, which has been monitoring more than 80 wastewater treatment plants for the past two years, said in the past week it observed “sharp increases” in concentrations […]