P.1 Variant

• Waterloo reports 64 new COVID-19 cases, first case of Brazil P.1 variant

  Another 64 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Waterloo Region, raising its total case count to 13,003. 

  Health

  Apr 15, 2021
  
• COVID-19 variants: Not the same disease

  Increasingly, experts warn of the need to double down on safety measures to ward off more highly transmissible COVID-19 variants.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2021
  
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• ‘Tipping point’: A look inside Canada’s hospitals as COVID-19 variants surge

  Healthcare system is under increasing pressure, frontline workers say, with a large portion of the ICU admissions concerning new variant cases.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2021
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• Questions raised about how Alberta released info about P.1 COVID-19 variant outbreaks

  The mayor of Edson is calling on the Alberta government to be more forthcoming with information about tweets were issued about two COVID-19 variant outbreaks in this province.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2021
• Dr. Bogoch weighs in on Ontario-wide COVID-19 lockdown possibility

  Infectious diseases specialist Isaac Bogoch discusses school closures, Ontario-wide lockdown, rising cases of the P.1 variant and more.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 6, 2021
• Alberta investigating 2 separate COVID-19 outbreaks involving P.1 variants

  Alberta is currently investigating two separate, unrelated COVID-19 outbreaks involving the P.1 variant, which was first discovered in Brazil.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2021
• Rate of COVID-19 variant spread ‘very concerning’ as cases near 3,000

  The exponential spread of more transmissible coronavirus variants threatens to delay the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn.

  Health

  Mar 12, 2021