COVID-19 modelling shows B.C. bending the curve of variant cases by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. A COVID-19 modelling group is offering a glimmer of optimism as British Columbia deals with variants of the virus and other complications of the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hannah A. Bullock, Azaibi Tamin/CDC via AP VANCOUVER — A group of modelling experts says British Columbia is managing to suppress infections that have been driven by COVID-19 variants. The group of researchers from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences says projections showing a 30 to 40 per cent decline in transmission rates since March.