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Analysis: Authorities worried by rise of COVID-19 variant in densely populated communities Aaron Derfel, Montreal Gazette © Provided by The Gazette Quebec Health minister Christian Dubé, left, bangs elbows with head of the West-Central Montreal CIUSSS, Lawrence Rosenberg, at Maimonides in Montreal on Monday, December 14, 2020. Replay Video —– Montreal public health authorities are alarmed by a rise in cases of the B.1.1.7 variant in densely populated neighbourhoods, where the positivity rate in the screening of COVID-19 samples has soared to as high as 25 per cent. ...

  MONTREAL -- Epidemiologists have gotten to work predicting the future if highly contagious COVID-19 variants spread through Quebec, and their findings are alarming – especially combined with news that variant cases do continue to climb. As of Tuesday there are 86 people probably infected with COVID-19 variants in the province, with their viral samples being sequenced to identify the variants, said Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé. Nonetheless, the province is easing some restrictions and says it has variant surveillance under control. Quebec has come up with its own new modeli...