Dr. Paul Gully, a professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia and a former public health officer, recommended that surveillance and regular reporting of community transmission of COVID-19 continue.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Therefore it is recommended that there be continued regular reporting of indicators of the level of community transmission which will promote awareness of COVID-19 and keep individuals, communities and decision makers informed if there is a need to revisit public health policies.” “The COVID-19 pandemic will either wind down or new variants will emerge, giving rise to further waves of infection,” he wrote.
In Ottawa, wastewater levels indicate COVID-19 is circulating, although not surging, but COVID-19 cases among health workers are, once again, rising.