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Brazil researchers use air, sewage to track coronavirus spread through the community

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Researchers from the State University of Rio de Janeiro are tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus in a low-income neighbourhood of Santa Marta favela, by monitoring the community's air and sewage for signs of the highly contagious virus.
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