Claim: Boris Johnson said that an alert system for Covid-19 could involve detecting the infection in the water supply.
Fact-check: Boris Johnson mistakenly said that Covid-19 could be monitored through the water supply - Full Fact
Verdict: it is true that boris johnson said this, however, he misspoke according to his spokesperson. he was referring to a potential scheme that could detect genetic material from the virus in sewage: not in the water supply.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Kate Lewis
Date published: 2020-05-12T00:00:00