Water is an amazing gift by nature for life on the Earth. The synthesis and structure of body cell constituents, transport of nutrients into the boy cell and body metabolism depend on quality of water. The contaminations present in water disturb the spontaneity of the mechanism and result in long/ short term diseases. It's a great relief for human mankind that water is not directly responsible for spread of current Covid-19 pandemic, although in wastewater, presence of RNA from SARS-CoV-2 (virus causes Covid-19) is well established therefore, Covid-19 virus can be shed in the feces of infected individuals. However, yet till there is no confirmation that anyone is infected Covid-19 due to exposure to wastewater. Water professionals should not feel complacent and be ready for donning the hat of Public Health Engineer from which we are drifting away. Covid-19 pandemic brought out old idiom in prominence 'Health is Wealth".
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