Ontario now has 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant
5:44 pm Provincial public health officials have now confirmed there are 34 cases of the UK coronavirus variant in Ontario.
In addition to evidence indicating the virus is more transmissible, officials say there is more recent evidence to suggest that “it might cause more severe disease in some individuals.”
The province had confirmed 15 cases of the UK variant, known as B117, as of last Thursday. Over the weekend, officials in Simcoe Muskoka found six cases in the Roberta Place long-term care home, and another one at at Bradford Valley Care Community.
All positive samples from January 20 are now being tested to give public health officials a snapshot of how prevalent the UK variant is in Ontario.
Canada Post says it has begun testing an entire shift of employees for COVID-19 at a Mississauga, Ont., facility after 121 workers there tested positive in the last three weeks.
Canada Post says it has begun testing an entire shift of employees for COVID-19 at a Mississauga, Ont., facility after 121 workers there tested positive in the last three weeks.
WINNIPEG A backlog in shipping means some gifts might not make it under the tree in time for Christmas. The holiday season is the busiest time for postal services and the pandemic isn t helping. The Winnipeg chapter of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said mail service has been at a Christmas level volume since May. Attributing it to an increase in online shopping amid COVID-19, it s creating a stressful time for the mail service. We have workers who are working up to twelve-hour shifts coming in for their eight-hour shift and working another four of overtime, said Cameron Fortier, vice president of the Winnipeg union.
Ontario lockdown doesn t do anything to help warehouse workers, says advocate
Ontario-wide lockdown measures set to kick in on Boxing Day leave the province s most vulnerable workers in the lurch, says advocate Gagandeep Kaur.
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As It Happens6:58Ontario lockdown doesn t do anything to help warehouse workers, says advocate
Ontario-wide lockdown measures set to kick in on Boxing Day leave the province s most vulnerable workers in the lurch, says advocate Gagandeep Kaur.