Saskatoon COVID-19 surge predicted by sewage analysis fails to happen Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan are stumped to explain why a spike in cases predicted by analysis of wastewater did not arrive.
Author of the article: Phil Tank • Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Publishing date: May 03, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 3 minute read • Saskatoon s wastewater treatment plant is seen on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, in this aerial photo. An analysis of wastewater in April suggested a surge in COVID-19 cases was coming in Saskatoon, but scientists are now stumped to explain why it never happened. Photo by Liam Richards /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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Dr. John Giesy and his colleagues are still trying to figure out why a surge in Saskatoon’s COVID-19 cases never happened despite a wastewater analysis that predicted one.
TORONTO Ontario is not in the process of developing a mass screening technique to detect the B.1.617 coronavirus variant currently devastating India and already present in the province because global authorities have not yet deemed it a variant of concern. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Agency of Canada and other bodies still consider it a “variant of interest,” not confirmed to be more infectious and requiring further study. “(Public Health Ontario) continues to adapt our surveillance strategy to detect known and emerging variants through whole genome sequencing. (Public Health Ontario) will not develop a PCR-based test for the E484Q mutation at this time,” a spokesperson told CP24 on Tuesday.
Published Wednesday, April 28, 2021 1:02PM EDT Ontario is not in the process of developing a mass screening technique to detect the B.1.617 coronavirus variant currently devastating India and already present in the province because global authorities have not yet deemed it a variant of concern. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Agency of Canada and other bodies still consider it a “variant of interest,” not confirmed to be more infectious and requiring further study. “(Public Health Ontario) continues to adapt our surveillance strategy to detect known and emerging variants through whole genome sequencing. (Public Health Ontario) will not develop a PCR-based test for the E484Q mutation at this time,” a spokesperson told CP24 on Tuesday.
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WINNIPEG There is some homegrown evidence children may be less infectious when it comes to COVID-19 compared to adults, according to some local researchers. “There’s probably something going on here that’s biologically different about children and how they interact with the virus,” said Principal Investigator Dr. Jared Bullard, an associate professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at the University of Manitoba (U of M). U of M researchers analyzed positive samples from 175 children – infants to age 17 – and 130 adults. They found the samples from children were half as likely to grow on cell culture and produced significantly less virus compared to the adult ones.