New wastewater data from the U of C shows many communities in Alberta are in the grip of a seventh wave fueled by BA.5 subvariant. COVID19AB
got an upgrade on Wednesday, in time for an escalating seventh pandemic wave.
“Not all the locations that we currently monitor for COVID are currently being monitored for flu, but we’re working on expanding that flu monitoring throughout the province,” Frankowski said.Experts urge caution amid summer COVID-19 surge The VOC graph shows the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants are now making up 100 per cent of Calgary and area’s wastewater samples as of July 18, with those highly contagious and immune-evading subvariants becoming dominant in the southern Alberta city in mid-June. In mid-May, the BA.2 subvariant accounted for all of Calgary’s wastewater sampling.Similar trends are shown in communities around the province where VOC data is available on the U of C’s website.
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