The Yukon government is getting some of Whitehorse's wastewater tested for the virus that causes COVID-19, according to internal documents and emails. As other Canadian jurisdictions have been doing since earlier into the COVID-19 pandemic, samples are tested for the SARS-CoV-2, traces of which can be found in infected people's feces. Using wastewater testing to identify looming COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes The National Video 1:52 Researchers are trying to use wastewater as a way to test for outbreaks of COVID-19 before people show symptoms, and universities are getting federal funding to focus testing on long-term care homes. "Significant changes in data trends may be indicators of outbreaks before this data is represented in clinic data results," the document reads. Researchers at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa are testing samples of wastewater from Durham Region's treatment plants to try to detect traces of the virus that causes COVID-19.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2021 12:00 UTC