Earlier this week the state announced its first confirmed case of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The infected person lives in Harris County and the Houston Health Department made the discovery through the city's wastewater.
On Ask the Expert, Dr. Loren Hopkins joined the KRLD Afternoon News to discuss the dynamics behind the testing of wastewater for COVID-19. She is the Chief Environmental Science Officer with the Houston Health Department and a professor at Rice University.
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