Ontario Investigating Four Possible Omicron Cases, Offering Testing to 375 Travellers

Ontario Investigating Four Possible Omicron Cases, Offering Testing to 375 Travellers
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer attends a media briefing in Toronto, November 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
The Canadian Press
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TORONTO—Ontario is investigating four more possible cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern, and the province’s top doctor said it’s likely more will be detected after an initial two cases were confirmed over the weekend.

Dr. Kieran Moore said two of the potential cases are in the Hamilton, Ont., area and two are in Ottawa. That’s in addition to the two confirmed cases in Ottawa announced Sunday-Canada’s first known cases.