Declining trends in the coronavirus viral load are evident from the data resulting from wastewater throughout Greece.
More specifically, the results of the laboratory tests of the National Network of Sewage Epidemiology for the epidemiological surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 virus in urban wastewater, which operates under the coordination of EODY, summarize that in the week 18 to 24 April 2022 declining trends were observed in in relation to the week 11 to 17 April 2022, in the average weekly viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in urban wastewater in all (12/12) areas controlled by the National Network of Sewage Epidemiology (EDEL) of EODY.
The samples come from the Attica Region and the cities of Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos, Heraklion, Chania, Agios Nikolaos Lassithi, Patras, Xanthi, Alexandroupolis, Ioannina and Corfu.
The samples are taken from the entrances of the local Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWUs) and correspond to the population served by them.
Clearly declining trends were observed in Agios Nikolaos (-66%), Heraklion (-56%), Ioannina (-44%), Patras (-41%), Xanthi (-37%), Chania (-37 %), in Thessaloniki (-34%) and Volos (-34%), while the reduction was marginal in Larissa (-29%), Corfu (-21%), Alexandroupoli (-19%) and Attica (-11%).
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