INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The team managing SoFi Stadium faces a tight deadline to ready the venue for the next match. Following the United States’ decisive win over Paraguay on Friday, the stadium needs to be prepared for the upcoming clash between Iran and New Zealand on Monday. Assistance with the more challenging cleanup tasks is being provided by the L.A. County Department of Health.
Health officials from the county are actively involved in extracting wastewater from the stadium before, during, and after each game hosted at SoFi Stadium. This initiative aims to detect any viruses present. The county’s health department, which oversees the welfare of ten million residents, has honed this syndromic-surveillance ability during the Covid pandemic. This marks its inaugural use in a sports setting.
A comprehensive report by POLITICO health-care journalists across the nation, spearheaded by Rachel Bluth from Sacramento, explores how public health authorities are gearing up for a World Cup taking place amidst an Ebola outbreak, increasing measles cases in the U.S., and ongoing concerns about hantavirus.
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