Wastewater tests showing high levels of COVID and flu circulating in Waterloo region – CBC

Health officials are reminding the public to get their COVID and flu vaccines

Dec 11, 2023

When the pandemic started, the province was testing the population and updating the number of COVID cases daily.

But four years on, testing has stalled and the main way to get a snapshot of the COVID picture is through wastewater.

Mark Servos is with the department of Biology in Canada and Research Chair in Water Quality Protection at the University of Waterloo.

He said the levels of the virus found in the water are approaching peak Omicron levels, similar to what they were two years ago.

Besides COVID, Servos said they’ve also been running tests for flu and RSV.

“There is quite a dramatic increase in influenza in the last couple of weeks and RSV has been elevated for a few weeks as well,” Servos said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/covid-flu-wastewater-testing-waterloo-region-1.7053124

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