Ontario Confirms Canada’s First Two Cases of COVID-19 Variant Discovered in UK

Ontario Confirms Canada’s First Two Cases of COVID-19 Variant Discovered in UK
A medical worker administers a nasal swab to a patient at a COVID-19 testing centre in Le Bignon, France, on Dec.22, 2020. Stephane Mahe/Reuters
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A variant of COVID−19 that has ravaged the U.K. is now in Canada, health officials said Saturday as they announced an Ontario couple had been diagnosed with the contagious new strain.

The province’s associate chief medical officer of health said in a news release that the strain of COVID−19 was identified in a couple from Durham Region, just east of Toronto, who have no known travel history, exposure or high−risk contacts.