Enlarge / Passengers on an Air France flight on April 20, 2021.Getty | Francois LOCHON
In a small trial, aircraft wastewater proved easy and useful for monitoring the SARS-CoV-2 variants touching down in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
The study found that the testing could be done cheaply and easily; it only added about three extra minutes to aircraft maintenance times at airports and didn’t require hassling passengers with nose swabs or other sampling methods. Moreover, the testing could be easily scaled up as needed as the world largely abandons other SARS-CoV-2 testing and
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