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Defra/JBC: Wastewater COVID-19 monitoring in the UK: summary, 19 November 2020

Paper prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC).

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Wastewater COVID-19 monitoring in the UK: summary for SAGE - 19 November 2020

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Summary paper by Defra and JBC on monitoring wastewater in the UK. It was considered at SAGE 69 on 19 November 2020.

The paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

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Published 4 December 2020

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