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Editor, Senior Moderator
Sci Total Environ
. 2020 Jul 2;742:140680.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140680. Online ahead of print.
Snowballing Transmission of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Through Wastewater: Any Sustainable Preventive Measures to Curtail the Scourge in Low-Income Countries?
Bashir Adelodun[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rahmat Gbemisola Ibrahim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hashim Olalekan Bakare[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kyung-Sook Choi[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
In this communication, we proposed sustainable preventive measures that may be adopted by the low-income countries to forestall the potential outbreak and transmission of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) through wastewater. Most low-income countries have poor sanitation and wastewater management policies, which create potential risks of COVID 19 spread. Hence, the proposed measures include decentralization of wastewater treatment facilities, community-wide monitoring and testing of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples, improved sanitation, developing point-of-use devices for wastewater decontamination, and more focused policy interventions. Therefore, this paper adds useful insights into the monitoring and management of ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in low-income countries.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus transmission; Low-income countries; SARS-CoV-2; Wastewater reuse.
. 2020 Jul 2;742:140680.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140680. Online ahead of print.
Snowballing Transmission of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Through Wastewater: Any Sustainable Preventive Measures to Curtail the Scourge in Low-Income Countries?
Bashir Adelodun[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Rahmat Gbemisola Ibrahim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hashim Olalekan Bakare[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Kyung-Sook Choi[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32629273
- DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140680
Abstract
In this communication, we proposed sustainable preventive measures that may be adopted by the low-income countries to forestall the potential outbreak and transmission of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) through wastewater. Most low-income countries have poor sanitation and wastewater management policies, which create potential risks of COVID 19 spread. Hence, the proposed measures include decentralization of wastewater treatment facilities, community-wide monitoring and testing of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples, improved sanitation, developing point-of-use devices for wastewater decontamination, and more focused policy interventions. Therefore, this paper adds useful insights into the monitoring and management of ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in low-income countries.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus transmission; Low-income countries; SARS-CoV-2; Wastewater reuse.