Rapid testing for COVID-19 variants in Ottawa's wastewater will cease at the end of March.
Ontario's Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks told the institute earlier this year funding for the faster testing would run out this month, he added.
When reached for comment on Friday afternoon, the ministry said it would provide a response on Monday.Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious disease specialist at Queen's University, said detecting variants in wastewater is one of the methods scientists have relied on during the pandemic to find variants that haven't yet appeared in test samples taken from people.
"That would actually give us a forewarning, for instance, if a whole new variant with a new Greek designation was appearing," Evans said.Saturday marked three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, said the virus has reached a relatively steady state with no new variant-driven waves of infection.
Omicron subvariants continue to spread, but hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths have stabilized.The health unit did report three more deaths involving people with COVID.Story tips? Email me at [email protected] or DM me @gqinott on Twitter.
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