RE: cruises delayed again17 Sep 2020 15:14
I am not at all convinced that there is a good use case for real time water testing for cruise ships, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the cruise ship companies feel the same way.
If you are planning of going on a cruise which has this RT water test, all you are doing is risking your trip be cut short, and negatively impacted if the virus is detected. I wouldn't buy a cruise ticket if there is a chance that it gets affected as soon as the virus is detected in the sewage...
The only solution is identifying carries BEFORE they get on the ship, which is more of a AVCT or other company's product.
I know we are looking at partnering with AVCT for some real-time detection, but we have no updates as to how close to commercialisation they are.