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How Wastewater is Used to Monitor City’s COVID-19 Response

The Chicago Department of Public Health had successfully shown strong correlations between wastewater surveillance data and the surge of Omicron variant.

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COVID-19: UIC, Chicago Pulling Through Omicron Surge

After a rough start to the semester due to the Omicron variant, classes at UIC have settled in back on campus as COVID-19 positivity rates on campus, and around the city, drop.