India COVID variant

• U.K.’s full reopening plan could be jeopardized by spread of B.1.617.2 variant

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the variant poses a risk to the country's way out all COVID-19 restrictions.

  World

  May 27
• Canada extends ban on direct passenger flights from India, Pakistan by 30 days

  Federal government data has shown that the travel ban may have helped at least minimize the arrival of COVID-19 cases in the country.

  Canada

  May 21
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• Canada may extend travel ban on India, Pakistan as COVID-19 remains concern, feds say

  Health Canada and Transport Canada both said they are still monitoring developments in India and Pakistan, but would not say definitively if the travel ban will be extended.

  Health

  May 20
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• COVID-19: Ottawa Public Health confirms 3 cases of B.1.617 variant

  Ottawa Public Health is reporting three cases of COVID-19 with the B.1.617 variant, the local first appearance of a strain that has become dominant in India's health crisis.

  Health

  May 5
• COVID-19: Public Health Ontario confirms 36 cases of B.1.617 variant now in province

  A Public Health Ontario statement said all 36 cases were identified through the agency's surveillance program as well as the provincial airport and land border screening program.

  Health

  Apr 23
• ‘In a limbo’: Families concerned over India, Pakistan flight ban as COVID-19 cases surge

  Suspension of passenger flights from India and Pakistan amid soaring COVID-19 cases puts South Asian families in Canada in an uncertain situation.

  Health

  Apr 23
• COVID-19 variant first detected in India found in Canada. What we know so far

  Dozens of cases of the B.1.617 variant have been identified in British Columbia, and one in Quebec. Is there reason to be concerned?

  Health

  Apr 22