The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health says they are exploring ways to have wastewater testing for infectious diseases continue.
The use of wastewater testing has proved helpful for public health to track the presence of diseases such as COVID in the community. Recently, wastewater testing also found traces of the mpox virus.
However, some jurisdictions, such as Ontario, have ceased their wastewater testing programs.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says they see the value of the testing, and are looking at ways for it to continue, but there’s no definitive answer as of yet.