A CSIRO’s study has found that surveillance of wastewater samples from flights coming into Australia could effectively screen for infected but asymptomatic individuals for the CCP virus. The study, which was completed in conjunction with the national airline Qantas and The University of Queensland, found wastewater testing can be effective to screen for passengers for COVID-19 at points of entry. Warish Ahmed, the lead author of the CSIRO’s study, said in a statement released Oct. 18, said that the wastewater samples will enable authorities to cover any lag times in detecting the virus from PCR tests which can take longer. “It provides an extra layer of data if there is a possible lag in viral detection in deep nasal and throat samples and if passengers are yet to show symptoms,” Ahmed said. Professor Jochen Muller from The University of Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences and co-author on the research …