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AbstractCOVID 19 PANDEMIC has stricken in multiple waves, crippling the nation with each strike. Attempts at curbing itsspread has been focused on a few established modes of transmission. Current literature evidence suggests possibilityof Feco-oral transmission, detection of viable virus in stools of covid infected individuals, viral shedding several weekspost recovery and potential persistence of viable virus in sewage. Guidelines and protocols laid down have not includedthis potentially dangerous mode of spread. Many countries including Australia, Finland etc have utilized waste waterepidemiology as a tool in surveillance. This can be used as a warning signal for early detection and control. This reviewarticle proposes the addition of new guidelines in this spectre to aid in curbing the spread of pandemic as well as adoptingsewage surveillance as a tool in primary prevention.
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