Thai researchers test wastewater to track spread of monkeypox

Monitoring sewage thought to be a quicker, more cost-effective way to understand the spread of the virus

Researchers in Thailand are examining wastewater for signs of monkeypox, as part of surveillance efforts to detect the spread of the virus.

Academics from Naresuan University, in Phitsanulok province, northern Thailand, began testing sewage at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport in May, adopting a technique that has also been used to track the spread of Covid-19.