Thessaloniki: The viral load of sewage shows a slow de-escalation

Stabilizer with indications slow de-escalation is its concentration tendency viral load of wastewaterin the last measurements of the week for the research conducted by Sewage Epidemiology Team of AUTH with EYATH, in collaboration with the Region of Central Macedonia and within the National Network of EODY.

As shown in the diagrams presented by APE-MPE from February 10 onwards, the sewage shows a slight improvement in the epidemiological picture of the city.

Specifically, in the samples taken daily at the entrance of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Thessalonikiregarding the rationalized values ​​of relative secretion of viral load, the average value of the two most recent measurements, ie Wednesday 16/02/2022 and Thursday 17/02/2022 are:

-Fixed (-10%) in relation to the average value of the two immediately preceding measurements of Monday 14/02/2022 and Tuesday 15/02/2022.

Marginally stable (-20%) in relation to the average price of the previous Wednesday 09/02/2022 and Thursday 10/02/22

“The viral load is still at a high level, which means that the large spread of the virus in the community leads to many new infections every day, which is why the de-escalation we are observing is still slow. However, taking into account all the epidemiological data and mainly those that have been studied internationally for the Omicron strain that has prevailed, we see here that the return to normalcy has come closer “, said to APE-MPE the rector of AUTh, prof. Nikos Papioannou.

The coronavirus assessment methodology in municipal waste, developed by the AUTh team, streamlines the virus genome concentration measurements based on 24 environmental factors, which may alter the results of the measurements. The molecular method of real-time PCR, developed by the AUTh Team, has the ability to selectively amplify the part of the genome that encodes the spike protein of the Omicron strain.

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