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vaccine mandates"> Feds say it’s ‘irresponsible’ to set date for ending COVID-19 vaccine mandates </a> </p> </div><p>He was responding to the latest figures from the University of Saskatchewan COVID-19 wastewater monitoring team, which show larges increases of the overall amount of the virus in three cities.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; 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Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Water Security.</p><p>And BA.2 accounts for 34.1 per cent of the total amount of COVID-19 RNA in Saskatoon, for 49.4 per cent in North Battleford and 17.9 per cent in Prince Albert.</p><p>John Giesy, who leads the COVID-19 wastewater tracking unit, said the amounts would likely keep increasing and he couldn’t be sure yet when they would decrease.</p><p>“It seems to be related to releasing everybody from all of the restrictions,” he told Global News.</p><p>A team from the University of Regina monitors the level of virus genetic material in that city. In an update posted to the university’s Facebook page, they wrote viral levels have declined compared to previous weeks but remains high.</p> <section id="content-dynamic-trending-stories" class="l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape" aria-label="Dynamic trending stories section"> <div class="l-inlineStories__heading"> <span class="l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough">Trending Stories</span> </div> <ul class="c-posts c-posts--inline"> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025057/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697101/ukraine-mariupol-russian-invasion/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025057/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MariupolMarch21file-2.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>Ukraine rejects Russia’s demand to surrender Mariupol where hundreds remain trapped</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025057/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697367/china-eastern-flight-132-onboard-south/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media l-relatedStories__media"> <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025057/https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CP12341121.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1" loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt=""/> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" data-title>China Eastern plane crash: No survivors found as search continues for 132 onboard</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <p>“Preliminary sequencing results indicate a significant increase of BA.2 presence,” the update states.</p><p>Molecular biologist Tzu-Chiao Chao, who is part of the UoR team, said the city is seeing a long-term decline and has largely held steady over the past few weeks — but he added that wasn’t a good thing because the amount of COVID-19 is high.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-11" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="11" loading="lazy"> </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="readmore"> <p class="c-readmore"> <span class="c-readmore__label"><strong>Read more: </strong></span> <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025057/https://globalnews.ca/news/8697016/pro-covid-mandate-rallies-held-in-saskatchewan/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="Pro-COVID mandate rallies held in Saskatchewan"> Pro-COVID mandate rallies held in Saskatchewan </a> </p> </div><p>A rise in BA.2 could drive the numbers even higher, he said, though the regular strain of Omicron didn’t need the help.</p><p>“We’ve got just so many people infected that just (having) some random additional contacts leads almost immediately to a resurgence in the wastewater levels. So that makes this whole situation volatile,” he said.</p><p>Neudorf believes the new and even more transmissible variant — combined with the fact only about half of eligible people in the province have their third vaccine — could mean even more infections, which would mean more hospitalizations and ICU admissions at a time when the province’s hospitals are already full or close to capacity.</p><p>The difference for this wave is that there are no public health orders in effect.</p><p>“How far into that level and whether we get into the same crisis point as before really depends on public response,” Neudorf said, urging people to wear masks, remain physically distant, test frequently and stay home if they’re sick.</p><p>“This is a little bizarre that, if your physicians are telling you and the experts who have been monitoring this, that there’s a high level of virus transmission out there, just like there was a few months ago, then why should it matter, quite frankly, whether something 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