(Des Moines, IA) The city of Des Moines wastewater treatment plant is part of a national program that tests wastewater for COVID-19 and its variants. Director Scott Hutchens says it’s a partnership with the U-S Department of Health and Human Services, the C-D-C, and the National Institutes of Health. Hutchens says they’ll take samples and send them in two to three times a week. He says the plant treats waste from 17 Des Moines metro communities and some 500-thousand people. Hutchens says the samples can help determine how rampant COVID-19 is in the community – or how well the vaccination process is going.
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