Wastewater Surveillance
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Wastewater testing for COVID-19 expands to include influenza, says Western scientistsLed by a consortium of universities including Western University, the initiative, launched in 2020, surveils sewage in monitoring the location of emerging COVID-19 infections.HealthSep 4, 2023
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Alberta’s change to COVID data reporting leaves parents concernedAlberta moved its public reporting of COVID-19 data from weekly to monthly starting in July, putting some parents at unease with a new school year coming in weeks.HealthAug 16, 2023
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XBB.1.5. in Canada: Experts urge ‘aggressive’ testing to detect emerging COVID variantsAccording to some epidemiologists, adopting a better approach towards testing and wastewater surveillance could help detect early signs of new COVID variants in Canada.HealthJan 5, 2023
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COVID-19: Peterborough Public Health launches online community risk indexThe COVID-19 Community Index launched Wednesday morning with a 'high-risk' index, prompting concerns from medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott.HealthMar 30, 2022
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COVID-19 wastewater data suggests London, Ont. past the peak of OmicronFor most of the pandemic, researchers at Western University in London, Ont., have been tracking the viral load of the coronavirus excreted in the feces of infected individuals.HealthJan 19, 2022
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Sewage surveillance: Wastewater could fill COVID-19 testing gaps, experts sayResearchers across the country have been undertaking wastewater surveillance, looking for trace amounts of the coronavirus in sewage to see how it's spreading.HealthJan 1, 2022
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Alberta COVID-19 wastewater surveillance study wrapping up next monthThe study is being done to see whether wastewater could play a role in the early detection of COVID-19 in a community. It's scheduled to wrap up at the end of May.HealthApr 14, 2021
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Wastewater data suggests COVID-19 cases to soon reach record highs in London, Ont.'In just the last samples that we analyzed from Sunday, the numbers were about as high as what we saw in the peak of the second wave.'HealthApr 8, 2021
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Researchers monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 at Edmonton long-term care facilitiesThe majority of deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic have been long-term care residents.HealthFeb 10, 2021
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