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Original researchers peneliti Canada is developing sensors installed at various points in the city sewer network to track transmission Covid-19.
The sensors work to take automatic samples in the sewers of every home. Then this sensor can detect and trace the origin of Covid-19. The trick is through artificial intelligence using a certain algorithm system.
The research builds on previous studies that tested sewer systems in cities. From the results of this disposal, researchers can trace the origin of the virus.
This method is already being used in Ottawa by collecting samples from untreated wastewater. They then carried out manual testing to see if this water sample contained a corona virus charge. Researchers and public service workers in the city are already using the data to predict the rise and fall of COVID-19 reports in Ottawa.
The researchers said this modeling was carried out to speed up the tracing of Covid-19 patients so as not to transmit the virus to others.
“Being fast is what we want because of the infected person [Covid-19] can infect other people,” said Oded Berman, professor of operations management and statistics at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
Quoted CTV NewsThis tracking system is said to allow public health authorities to take action more quickly, as well as to pinpoint areas where outbreaks have occurred.
The algorithm relies on automated sensors installed in strategically placed manholes to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 remnants in human feces.
Researchers say it only takes seven sensor systems to track the wastewater system at 2000 manholes.
This new research builds on previous research conducted by Berman with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Mehdi Nourinejad from York University.
Initially the three researchers developed two algorithms to identify the location of the sewer system, in order to find out where the location of the house that had spread Covid-19 spread.
The researchers further said that sewers are part of the sewer system that can detect the presence of disease, because genetic remnants of the virus are shed in feces and urine, up to a week before the person knows he is sick.
After the calculated installation has been carried out, the algorithmic system will conclude the detection periodically, every time the Corona virus is detected by the sensor.
After that, manual detection was also carried out in several manholes, up to the upstream of the channel until the last source was found.
Residents in detected areas will then be contacted for further testing and isolation as needed to limit potential spread.
Oded Berman said, although the sensor is not yet available, the technology for the model is said to be in development. The research was carried out in an accurate and fast place for the detection of Covid-19. Tests to improve the system are also said to be carried out.
The researcher also said that the system not only detects Covid-19, but can also detect viruses such as norovirus which can cause vomiting and diarrhea.
There is also potential for narcotics control and illegal explosives production, as chemical products are said to end up in sewage.
Quoted Science Daily, Oded Berman is a researcher who often develops inventions for the future, such as the invention of autonomous cars, making wastewater research, and adapting research that becomes a global problem.
“It’s great to be working on something that is really needed and has the potential to help people quickly,” he said.
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