Sask. Health Minister Merriman calls declining COVID-19 booster shot a ‘mistake’ as BA.2 rises
samples of COVID-19 RNA also show BA.2 now comprises most of the detected virus in some Saskatchewan cities, including Prince Albert 81.1 , North Battleford and Saskatoon .
The overall amounts of COVID-19 detected in wastewater did decrease from the previous week, though, by 74.4 per cent in Saskatoon, 91.8 per cent in Prince Albert and 56 per cent in North Battleford. “The decrease in viral loads in the wastewater here is certainly indicative of things hopefully easing up a little bit,” University of Saskatchewan environmental toxicologist Markus Brinkmann told Global News Monday, adding it’s still important for people to take precautions when around other people in public areas.‘Rise of the BA.
On Sunday Quebec’s interim public health director Dr. Luc Boileau held a press conference to inform Quebecers that, while “it is still too soon to say a sixth wave is officially here,” indicators of a new wave are on the rise.He said along with an uptick in cases and positivity rates of PCR tests limited to certain high-priority groups, health authorities have also noted a spike in hospitalizations in several regions outside of the Montreal area.
Boileau added that about 8,600 health network workers are currently off the job due to the virus. By comparison, during the Omicron wave in December and January, between 16,000 and 20,000 health workers were absent in Quebec.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
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