COVID-19 wastewater numbers for three major Saskatchewan cities spiked in the past 10 days, with an increase of nearly 900 per cent in Prince Albert.
But a toxicologist said the figures are no cause for alarm.That’s because that increase, and the accompanying jumps in Saskatoon and North Battleford of 614 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively, show a small increase over an even small number.They’re not symptoms of a massive surge in the virus, John Giesy told Global News.
Pfizer’s vaccine 70% effective against hospitalization from Omicron, study finds Giesy, a member of the University of Saskatchewan’s wastewater research team, said there’s been very, very little COVID-19 mRNA in the three cities’ wastewater recently.