Thank you, Mr. Chair. So there's two positions under the wastewater surveillance funding. This was -- is an interdepartmental initiative, so it involves work across multiple departments. The first of the positions funded through these dollars is an environment laboratory technologist which is responsible for doing a daily analysis of wastewater samples. The second is a molecular microbiologist. This is an individual who can support and liaise with the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer and with Taiga lab, and that responsibility is to develop and refine protocols that can help detect virus in wastewaters. This, you might recall, started during COVID-19 when there was a realization that this was an avenue by which viruses can be detected in wastewater. Thank you.
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