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Waste water surveillance to assess Covid-19 prevalence on Island

Partnership with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Levels of Coronavirus on the Isle of Man will be assessed using waste water surveillance.

That's been confirmed by the director of public health on the day the Island has dropped all legal restrictions surrounding Covid-19.

The new strategy is being run in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr Henrietta Ewart says as people are no longer advised to routinely test themselves for the virus the pick-up of new cases will 'fall off':

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