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Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the COVID-19 situation in Edmonton, Canada on March 20, 2020. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
The first human case of a rare swine flu variant has been confirmed in central Alberta.
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announced on Wednesday Canada’s first confirmed case of H1N2v, a variant swine flu virus found in humans, had been detected in the central part of the province.