Jacksonville, FL — The City of St. Augustine has already sent samples to a lab in Arizona to find out if COVID-19 is present in its wastewater.
Doing so can give the nation’s oldest city a jump on detecting outbreaks.
The first results are expected back next week.
More counties testing wastewater for #COVID19. JEA is already doing this and the @CityStAug is collecting samples as well. Next at 5:30, when results are expected and what the data could reveal @ActionNewsJax pic.twitter.com/NHpvTpZtFC
— Lorena Inclán (@LorenaANjax) May 14, 2020
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