Coronavirus in Hungary: Fresh sewage data promises interesting days



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According to sewage tests carried out in calendar week 40, the amount of coronavirus hereditary material measured in sewage in the examined settlements is stagnant in all cases compared to the results of the previous week, it said on its website the National Center for Public Health (NNK). Regarding individual concentration cities

  • rose: In Székesfehérvár and Budapest (in the southern, northern and central areas),
  • moderate: In Kecskemét, Miskolc, Szolnok, Nyíregyháza, Szombathely, Tatabánya, Eger, Salgótarján and Győr,
  • low: In Békéscsaba, Kaposvár, Szekszárd, Debrecen, Pécs, Veszprém, Szeged and Zalaegerszeg.

According to the NNK, to prevent the spread of community spread, existing preventive epidemiological standards must continue to be met. The most important thing is that only asymptomatic individuals who are considered healthy and who enter the community enter the community, especially with regard to the personnel of health, social and educational institutions. Avoid crowded places and situations! Especially for events organized indoors!

According to previous studies, the coronavirus does not infect water or wastewater, but examining wastewater allows monitoring of the spread of the virus in larger communities, even entire settlements. With the help of the high-sensitivity study, an increase in the epidemic wave can be predicted even before the appearance of a large number of cases showing clinical symptoms. The increase in concentration detected in the wastewater precedes the increase in the number of symptomatic diseases by 4 to 10 days.

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