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A year of coronavirus in Canada: A look back at what we've faced during the pandemic It's been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada's first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 25 A skateboarder passes a wall mural with the writing 'we are all in this together' at the George Street Diner in Toronto, on May 31, 2020.(Timothy Neesam/CBC) It's been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada's first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the f...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirms the UK variant has been identified at Roberta Place Long-Term Care home in Barrie

Article content TORONTO — Ontario public health units announced plans to beef up COVID-19 infection control measures Monday with news that a contagious COVID-19 variant reported in the United Kingdom had emerged across the province. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Health units beef up infection control as U.K. variant spreads Back to video The United Kingdom variant has been deemed the cause of a deadly outbreak at a Barrie, Ont., long-term care home, and the local public health unit is currently investigating whether it played a role in anoth...

UPDATE: Health officials are investigating possible U.K. variant in second LTC home Don Wright/CTV News Simcoe-Muskoka health officials say another case of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the region. The person infected - who did not travel abroad - was reportedly in close contact with someone who contracted the virus during the recent outbreak at Bradford Valley Care Community.  Since January 14, six residents and three staff members there, have tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials are investigating to see if the other cases are also tied to the U.K. variant.�...

A seventh person infected with a highly-contagious coronavirus variant from the UK has been linked to a second long-term care home outbreak in the Simcoe-Muskoka public health region, officials said Sunday.