April 28, 2024

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Wastewater data shows early signs of ‘resurgence’ of COVID-19 viral load in Ontario, expert says

CBC Canada

By Muriel Draaisma · CBC News ·

Wastewater surveillance data suggests that there are “early signs of a resurgence” of COVID-19 viral load across Ontario, says a member of the province’s COVID-19 science advisory table. 

Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director of the science advisory table, says that means it’s vital for residents to get third doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Juni is also a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the University of Toronto. 

He said wastewater analysis shows that Ontario has reached the bottom of the trough, or valley, in terms of COVID-19 infections but there is a slight upward trend in the concentration of viral prevalence in wastewater across the province.

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