4), a degree of visible agreement could be seen between the SARS-CoV-2 viral signal in wastewater and the reported percent positivity in the geographic region. However, this comparison may not be of significant relevance as the clinical data references a larger geographical zone than the sampled...
Major maintenance and construction projects for roads, drainage networks, and wastewater facilities also occur during the summer months (City of Regina, 2021). 2. Methodology 2.1. Data collection and processing About 7.5 years of daily waste disposal records of (i) mixed waste, (ii) C&D waste,...
Wastewater surveillance provides crucial COVID data, but also privacy concerns Throughout the pandemic, wastewater surveillance and analysis was a key tool in monitoring and measuring the amount of virus in communities. But some experts caution that the data collected could also lead to privacy concer...
Tam said that in the last week, case rates, the share of tests coming back positive, and wastewater surveillance are all showing “early indications” that Omicron has peaked nationally. Her comments echoed statements the day before from several provinces, including Alberta, where Premier Ja...
Does normalization of SARS-CoV-2 concentrations by pepper mild mottle virus improve correlations and lead time between wastewater surveillance and clinical data in Alberta (Canada): comparing twelve SARS-CoV-2 normalization approaches Sci. Total Environ., 856 (2023), Article 158964 View PDFView arti...
In another qualitative study [43] drawn from a random panel of 3000 phone numbers for adults > 18 years of age across Alberta, Canada, participants discussed the importance of staying home when ill to protect others, that a vaccine could be used to protect oneself and others, and that the...
Figure 2. 7-day moving average of the time series of the estimated values of the hospitalization rate 𝛾ℓ𝑀(𝑡)γMℓ(t), ICU admissions rate 𝛾ℓ𝐻(𝑡)γHℓ(t), and the death rate from mild infections 𝜇ℓ𝑀(𝑡)μMℓ(t) in Alberta, British Columbia, Manito...