The scientists watching Ottawa's wastewater for COVID-19 say the new variant hasn't escaped their testing and they're starting to collect data about how prevalent it may be in the community.
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OTTAWA COVID-19 cases in Ottawa have been slowly going down over the past few weeks and the vaccination rate continues to rise. But experts say we still have a ways to go before we can declare victory. One of those experts is CHEO research scientist Dr. Tyson Graber. He monitors levels of COVID-19 in the city s wastewater and says it continues to predict the cases in our city. “We saw trends in the wastewater going down over the last couple of weeks, and the cases followed,” says Graber. Although the cases might be dropping, the number of deaths is not. Fifty-one deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Ottawa so far this month compared to 41 in all of April.
Posted: May 06, 2021 8:12 AM ET | Last Updated: May 6
Will Ontario be ready to end the stay-at-home order on May 20? Maybe not, expert says
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1:15Dr. Gerald Evans, an infectious disease specialist at Queen s University, says Ontario must reach very low case numbers in order to ensure a successful reopening, something that may not happen by May 20.1:15
Ontario is scheduled to break out of its stay-at-home order on May 20, but health experts say the province likely won t be ready by then and may need to extend the order for a bit longer, especially if we want to avoid another pandemic wave.