Coronavirus found in Barcelona waste water sample from March 2019

[LKJ86]

SARS-CoV-2 detected in waste waters in Barcelona on March 12, 2019
26/06/2020
Recerca
Source:https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/menu_eines/noticies/2020/06/042.html

COVID-19 was announced in Wuhan (China) in early December in 2019 and it would reach every place worldwide later, including Europe. The first case in Europe was announced in France in late January 2020. This chronology on the evolution of the disease can change according to a study led by the University of Barcelona, in collaboration with Aigües de Barcelona.

Researchers detected the presence of the virus that caused the disease in samples of waste water in Barcelona, collected in March 12, 2019. These results, sent to a high impact journal and published in the archive medRxiv, suggest the infection was present before knowing about any case of COVID-19 in any part of the world.

This study, which counts on the participation of the researchers of theGroup on Enteric Virus of the UB Gemma Chavarria Miró, Eduard Anfruns Estrada and Susana Guix, led by Rosa Maria Pintó and Albert Bosch, is part of the project on sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. This initiative is coordinated by this research group, in collaboration with Aigües de Barcelona and funded by the REVEAL project, from the company SUEZ, in order to detect the virus in waste waters and adopt immediate measures considering future COVID-19 outbreaks.

An early detection tool

Altohugh COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, researchers proved there are large quantities of the coronavirus genome in the excrements that reach waste waters. This situation made the waste water-based epidemiology a potential tool for an early detection of the circulation of the virus among population, especially considering the important presence of asymptomatic people, especially considering the important presence of asymptomatic and asymptomatic people who transmit the virus.

As part of the sentinel surveillance project, and after April 13, the researchers analysed weekly the obtained samples in two big water treatment plants in Barcelona. “The levels of the SARS-CoV-2 genome coincided with the evolution of COVID-19 cases in the population”, notes Albert Bosch, professor at the Faculty of Biology of the UB and coordinator of the study.

COVID-19 cases hidden by the flu

Later, researchers analysed frozen samples from previous months to the systematic sampling, which revealed the growing apparition of SARS-CoV-2 genome between early January and early March in 2020, bringing the chronology of the coronavirus arrival in Spain even earlier: the presence of the virus was detected in January 15, 41 days before the announcement of the first case of COVID-19, which was announced on February 25.

According to the researchers, these results show the validity of the surveillance of waste waters to anticipate cases, specially considering the significant contribution of the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic carriers in the spreading of the virus. “Those infected with COVID-19 could have been diagnosed with flu in primary care by mistake, contributing to the community transmission before the public health took measures”, notes Albert Bosch, also president of the Spanish Society of Virology.

“In the specific case of Barcelona –the virologist continues–, having detected the SARS-CoV-2 spread a month before could have improved the response to the pandemic”.

Analysis of frozen samples from 2018 and 2019

These results encouraged the researchers to analyse some frozen samples between January 2018 and December 2019, with the shocking results of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genome in March 2019, before any notification of COVID-19 cases in the world. “All samples were negatives regarding the SARS-CoV-2 genome presence except for March 12, 2019, in which the levels of SARS-CoV-2 were low but were positive, using two different targets”, says the researcher.

“Barcelona receives many visitors for both tourist and professional reasons, –continues Bosch–, and it is possible for a similar situation to have taken place in other parts of the world, and since most of the COVID-19 cases show a similar symptomatology to the flu, those cases could have been disguised as an undiagnosed flu”.

Models in the SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological surveillance

The Group on Enteric Viruses is also in charge of the scientific coordination of a project on the SARS-CoV-2 sentinel surveillance in waste waters in Spain, funded by the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. This task counts on the participation of two groups from CSIC, the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) and the Centre of Edafology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS), as well as a group from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Moreover, together with the research group Microbiology of Water related to the Health (MARS) of the UB, led by Anicet Blanch, coordinates the surveillance of the same virus in Spanish waters.

Last, this group also takes part in a monitoring project on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in waste waters in the entrance of Catalan treatment plants, funded by the Catalan Water Agency and coordinated by the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA). Another participant in this project is the Research Group on Virus, bacteria and protozoans of water interest in and food (VIRBAP) of the UB.

 

[atan651]

This solid scientific-based evidence is further proof the virus did not originate in Wuhan, China. Take that, America!

 

[R Wing]

What caused it to spread quicker and become more deadly?

 

[alee92nawaz]

SARS-CoV-2 detected in waste waters in Barcelona on March 12, 2019
26/06/2020
Recerca
Source:https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/menu_eines/noticies/2020/06/042.html

COVID-19 was announced in Wuhan (China) in early December in 2019 and it would reach every place worldwide later, including Europe. The first case in Europe was announced in France in late January 2020. This chronology on the evolution of the disease can change according to a study led by the University of Barcelona, in collaboration with Aigües de Barcelona.

Researchers detected the presence of the virus that caused the disease in samples of waste water in Barcelona, collected in March 12, 2019. These results, sent to a high impact journal and published in the archive medRxiv, suggest the infection was present before knowing about any case of COVID-19 in any part of the world.

This study, which counts on the participation of the researchers of theGroup on Enteric Virus of the UB Gemma Chavarria Miró, Eduard Anfruns Estrada and Susana Guix, led by Rosa Maria Pintó and Albert Bosch, is part of the project on sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. This initiative is coordinated by this research group, in collaboration with Aigües de Barcelona and funded by the REVEAL project, from the company SUEZ, in order to detect the virus in waste waters and adopt immediate measures considering future COVID-19 outbreaks.

An early detection tool

Altohugh COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, researchers proved there are large quantities of the coronavirus genome in the excrements that reach waste waters. This situation made the waste water-based epidemiology a potential tool for an early detection of the circulation of the virus among population, especially considering the important presence of asymptomatic people, especially considering the important presence of asymptomatic and asymptomatic people who transmit the virus.

As part of the sentinel surveillance project, and after April 13, the researchers analysed weekly the obtained samples in two big water treatment plants in Barcelona. “The levels of the SARS-CoV-2 genome coincided with the evolution of COVID-19 cases in the population”, notes Albert Bosch, professor at the Faculty of Biology of the UB and coordinator of the study.

COVID-19 cases hidden by the flu

Later, researchers analysed frozen samples from previous months to the systematic sampling, which revealed the growing apparition of SARS-CoV-2 genome between early January and early March in 2020, bringing the chronology of the coronavirus arrival in Spain even earlier: the presence of the virus was detected in January 15, 41 days before the announcement of the first case of COVID-19, which was announced on February 25.

According to the researchers, these results show the validity of the surveillance of waste waters to anticipate cases, specially considering the significant contribution of the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic carriers in the spreading of the virus. “Those infected with COVID-19 could have been diagnosed with flu in primary care by mistake, contributing to the community transmission before the public health took measures”, notes Albert Bosch, also president of the Spanish Society of Virology.

“In the specific case of Barcelona –the virologist continues–, having detected the SARS-CoV-2 spread a month before could have improved the response to the pandemic”.

Analysis of frozen samples from 2018 and 2019

These results encouraged the researchers to analyse some frozen samples between January 2018 and December 2019, with the shocking results of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genome in March 2019, before any notification of COVID-19 cases in the world. “All samples were negatives regarding the SARS-CoV-2 genome presence except for March 12, 2019, in which the levels of SARS-CoV-2 were low but were positive, using two different targets”, says the researcher.

“Barcelona receives many visitors for both tourist and professional reasons, –continues Bosch–, and it is possible for a similar situation to have taken place in other parts of the world, and since most of the COVID-19 cases show a similar symptomatology to the flu, those cases could have been disguised as an undiagnosed flu”.

Models in the SARS-CoV-2 epidemiological surveillance

The Group on Enteric Viruses is also in charge of the scientific coordination of a project on the SARS-CoV-2 sentinel surveillance in waste waters in Spain, funded by the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. This task counts on the participation of two groups from CSIC, the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) and the Centre of Edafology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS), as well as a group from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Moreover, together with the research group Microbiology of Water related to the Health (MARS) of the UB, led by Anicet Blanch, coordinates the surveillance of the same virus in Spanish waters.

Last, this group also takes part in a monitoring project on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in waste waters in the entrance of Catalan treatment plants, funded by the Catalan Water Agency and coordinated by the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA). Another participant in this project is the Research Group on Virus, bacteria and protozoans of water interest in and food (VIRBAP) of the UB.

I am no conspiracy theory nut but I only have 1 questions. Why the eff a country with over a billion people only had 84k odd infections that too in one province and meanwhile everywhere in the world it spread like wildfire? Something is fishy.

 

[LKJ86]

Why the eff a country with over a billion people only had 84k odd infections that too in one province and meanwhile everywhere in the world it spread like wildfire?

You just missed the key point: what have you done when facing the virus? Herd immunity or quarantine?

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

I am no conspiracy theory nut but I only have 1 questions. Why the eff a country with over a billion people only had 84k odd infections that too in one province and meanwhile everywhere in the world it spread like wildfire? Something is fishy.

here's your answer: by testing and isolating the infected while everyone wears masks.

China did worse than South Korea, after all, and South Korea has much higher population density.

 

[Nan Yang]

I am no conspiracy theory nut but I only have 1 questions. Why the eff a country with over a billion people only had 84k odd infections that too in one province and meanwhile everywhere in the world it spread like wildfire? Something is fishy.

It's not rocket science.
Which country immediately lock down Wuhan and 14 other cities in Hubei so it does not spread though out the country ?
Which country could build 14 temporary hospitals ?
Which country could send almost 40,000 medical workers from other provinces to help Hubei ?
Which country have thousands of party members to coordinate the logistics ?
Which country sourced PPE from all over the world to protect their medical workers ?
Which country paid all the medical fees of the patients ?
Which country triple the paid of their medical workers and extra US$100 daily plus numerous other benefits ?

Not sure where you get your news from but here is one video of the medical workers leaving Wuhan after their job was done.

Just one nurse returning home.

You can read her story in English here.
An article from a nurse who assisted in fighting against the epidemic in Hubei

 

[Morpheus]

I am no conspiracy theory nut but I only have 1 questions. Why the eff a country with over a billion people only had 84k odd infections that too in one province and meanwhile everywhere in the world it spread like wildfire? Something is fishy.

Something which other countries didn't do. China didn't let the people make the choice of staying indoor. Chinese government forced everyone indoor. This prevented the virus from spreading a lot. You can see how the virus is spreading in countries like USA, UK, where government asked the people nicely to stay indoor, and people ignored it citing it was their civil right to stay outside during a pandemic.

Another thing China did was test people like crazy. They monitored citizens by taking temperature everywhere they went. This prevented sick people from spreading the virus without realizing that they were infected.

You know how if someone is sick in your family, you go out of your way to make sure they get better, no matter what the cost. Chinese government did the same for its citizens. They had the money and resources to do it.

 

[alee92nawaz]

Something which other countries didn't do. China didn't let the people make the choice of staying indoor. Chinese government forced everyone indoor. This prevented the virus from spreading a lot. You can see how the virus is spreading in countries like USA, UK, where government asked the people nicely to stay indoor, and people ignored it citing it was their civil right to stay outside during a pandemic.

Another thing China did was test people like crazy. They monitored citizens by taking temperature everywhere they went. This prevented sick people from spreading the virus without realizing that they were infected.

You know how if someone is sick in your family, you go out of your way to make sure they get better, no matter what the cost. Chinese government did the same for its citizens. They had the money and resources to do it.

Wuhan was locked down in January and virus was already in the world e.g Paris. Why didn't it spread to rest of china.?

It's not rocket science.
Which country immediately lock down Wuhan and 14 other cities in Hubei so it does not spread though out the country ?
Which country could build 14 temporary hospitals ?
Which country could send almost 40,000 medical workers from other provinces to help Hubei ?
Which country have thousands of party members to coordinate the logistics ?
Which country sourced PPE from all over the world to protect their medical workers ?
Which country paid all the medical fees of the patients ?
Which country triple the paid of their medical workers and extra US$100 daily plus numerous other benefits ?

Not sure where you get your news from but here is one video of the medical workers leaving Wuhan after their job was done.

Just one nurse returning home.

You can read her story in English here.
An article from a nurse who assisted in fighting against the epidemic in Hubei

I have seen that already. But virus was there in November. Was observed in Paris in December. Wuhan was locked down in January. It's very strange that it didn't spread like that.

You just missed the key point: what have you done when facing the virus? Herd immunity or quarantine?

It started from lockdowns and now nobody knows.

 

[obj 705A]

Wuhan was locked down in January and virus was already in the world e.g Paris. Why didn't it spread to rest of china.?

you repeated the same exact question even though like 3 people answered you, I don't want to jump to conclusions but when some one repeats the same question even after recieving several detailed answers then he is really just trying to make a statement.

so what is the statement you are trying to make?

 

[Nan Yang]

Wuhan was locked down in January and virus was already in the world e.g Paris. Why didn't it spread to rest of china.?


I have seen that already. But virus was there in November. Was observed in Paris in December. Wuhan was locked down in January. It's very strange that it didn't spread like that.


It started from lockdowns and now nobody knows.

That is why China keep saying that just because it was first discovered in China it does not mean China is the source of the virus.

 

[alee92nawaz]

That is why China keep saying that just because it was first discovered in China it does not mean China is the source of the virus.

That's not the point. I think there's tiny bit chance that this was engineered

you repeated the same exact question even though like 3 people answered you, I don't want to jump to conclusions but when some one repeats the same question even after recieving several detailed answers then he is really just trying to make a statement.

so what is the statement you are trying to make?

I think this virus was engineered. Most probably in China

 

[obj 705A]

That's not the point. I think there's tiny bit chance that this was engineered


I think this virus was engineered. Most probably in China

it's highly unlikely that you are a false flagger, possible but unlikely.
from your profile picture you are a shia Pakistani muslim & anti China, very weird mix, are you one of those who cry & whine about mah Uyghurs?

 

[yex]

 

[Nan Yang]

That's not the point. I think there's tiny bit chance that this was engineered


I think this virus was engineered. Most probably in China

If that's what you think happened you are moving into realm of hearsay and conspiracy theories.