The Ontario government will end its wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19 on July 31. However, officials in Peterborough have expanded the program to test for other viruses.
Peterborough Public Health plans to cover wastewater surveillance costs after province drops the program
However, Peterborough Public Health’s medical officer of health Dr. Thomas Piggott says the federal program won’t reach the city and area. He called the province’s decision “deeply disappointing.” “Peterborough would be left out. We know that the data here does not follow the same pattern as Toronto or Ottawa, we’re halfway between,” Piggott said Thursday. “And we have a very different pattern of transmission.”have been working together on testing wastewater samples for COVID-19 since December 2020. Samples sent to the university’s DNA building came from communities from Peterborough east to Belleville, including from many long-term care facilities.
“As opposed to some arbitrary, ‘OK, you guys are in outbreak right now, you need to wait two to the three weeks,’ we could tell them, ‘You know what? The wastewater signal says it’s all clear,'” he said.see the value for wastewater surveillance data for COVID & pandemic preparedness & has decided they will continue to support this work & partnership with Dr. Kyle
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