Marine firefighters trace Covid-19 – Christophe Simon / AFP
Their data is still so valuable. Marseille’s marine firefighters, who analyze the city’s wastewater to detect Covid-19 concentrations, are warning of a further increase in these concentrations. Several areas to the north, south, and east of the city have “very high” levels of the virus.
[covid-variants] The general rate of circulation has strengthened this week with a remarkable point the disappearance of the South African variant replaced by a Y501 or UK variant in the red areas. @MarinesPompiers continue the fight with all, @ARSPaca @marseille @ Prefet13. pic.twitter.com/5VhqS1SRFx
– Marins-Pompiers de Marseille (@MarinsPompiers) March 27, 2021
The firefighters also noticed the virtual disappearance of the South African variant in these surveys, but 42% of the concentrations concern the English variant. “The general rate of traffic has strengthened this week with a remarkable point the disappearance of the South African variant replaced by a Y501 or UK variant in the red zones”, indicate the firefighters on Twitter.