Boston, MA responds to neighborhood and citywide COVID-19 trends with new wastewater testing program
Boston, MA Neighborhood Citywide COVID-19 Wastewater Testing
The Boston Public Health Commission and Biobot Analytics selected manholes in 11 high-density neighborhoods for the program. Twice-weekly testing results are posted to a dedicated COVID-19 dashboard. Each wastewater report shows an eight-day moving average for each neighborhood and all sites. A citywide variant tracker shows the most dominant variants for the previous four weeks. This approach supports localized health messaging and services based on neighborhood-level data.
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The 11 testing sites are in Brighton, Back Bay, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and South Boston.
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Boston Public Health Commission is launching a Covid-19 wastewater surveillance programme for more granular data of circulating virus and its variants
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