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The body of a deceased resident of Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., is removed on Monday. Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph s Healthcare Hamilton, says there are concerns that coronavirus variants could be the driving factor behind some recent COVID-19 outbreaks in Canada. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
U.K. COVID-19 variant found at long-term care home in Barrie, Ont.
TORONTO Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday as the province recorded a slightly lower daily virus case count.
Jan 23, 2021 1:49 PM By: Canadian Press
TORONTO Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday as the province recorded a slightly lower daily virus case count.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been identified as the highly contagious B117 variant.
Canada's chief public health officer called for "stringent and consistent efforts" to continue the country's recent downward trend in new COVID-19 cases.
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TORONTO - Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday as the province recorded a slightly lower daily virus case count.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said genome sequencing on six COVID-19 samples from Roberta Place Retirement Lodge have been identified as the highly contagious B117 variant.
Officials with the local health unit announced earlier this week that they had found a variant at the home north of Toronto and conducted tests to determine what it was. Known variant strains of the virus were first detected in the U.K., South Africa and Brazil.