Ottawa measuring daily picture of COVID-19 activity in the community to help us determine our best collective response

OPH looks to CHEO/uOttawa research to help community fight against Coronavirus

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Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is receiving a new metric to help measure levels of COVID-19 in wastewater. Thanks to innovative research from the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) and the CHEO Research Institute (CHEO RI), the National Capital Region is one of the first communities in Canada to conduct daily wastewater readings to help inform its community response in the fight against COVID-19….

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