By KAZUHITO SUWA/ Staff Writer
June 21, 2021 at 08:00 JST
Shimadzu Techno-Research Inc. staff place a collecting kit that absorbed sewage water into a bag and squeeze the contents into a container in Kyoto on May 18. (Kazuhito Suwa)
KYOTO--A subsidiary of precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. is offering to perform polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests on raw sewage running from buildings to more quickly track locations where the novel coronavirus is present. [Read More]
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