COVID-19 Wastewater

COVID-19 Wastewater People infected with COVID-19 can shed the virus through their stool, even if they don't have any symptoms. Testing a community's sewage (wastewater) can tell us if COVID-19 is increasing or decreasing in that community. Our scientists have developed a pan-Canadian wastewater network to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in Canada. This is in collaboration with provincial, territorial and municipal governments and academia across Canada. Some communities and local health authorities are collecting wastewater samples for analysis by Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory. Analysis helps detect the virus that causes COVID-19 and variants. 2022-08-03 Public Health Agency of Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca Health and SafetyWastewater sampleswastewaterCOVID-19 COVID-19 WastewaterCSV https://health-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-wastewater.csv COVID-19 WastewaterCSV https://health-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-eaux-usees.csv COVID-19 Wastewater TrendCSV https://health-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-wastewater-trend.csv COVID-19 Wastewater TrendCSV https://health-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-eaux-usees-tendances.csv Data DictionaryCSV https://health-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-wastewater-data-dictionary-en.csv Data DictionaryCSV https://sante-infobase.canada.ca/src/data/covidLive/wastewater/covid19-wastewater-data-dictionary-fr.csv COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance DashboardHTML https://health-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/wastewater/ COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance DashboardHTML https://sante-infobase.canada.ca/covid-19/eaux-usees/ Science of Health blog: Harnessing the power of wastewater testing to detect COVID-19 outbreaksHTML https://science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/eng/98235.html Science of Health blog: Harnessing the power of wastewater testing to detect COVID-19 outbreaksHTML https://science.gc.ca/eic/site/063.nsf/fra/98235.html

People infected with COVID-19 can shed the virus through their stool, even if they don't have any symptoms. Testing a community's sewage (wastewater) can tell us if COVID-19 is increasing or decreasing in that community. Our scientists have developed a pan-Canadian wastewater network to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in Canada. This is in collaboration with provincial, territorial and municipal governments and academia across Canada. Some communities and local health authorities are collecting wastewater samples for analysis by Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory. Analysis helps detect the virus that causes COVID-19 and variants.

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