It’s been three days since the arrival of the variant of COVID-19 was first confirmed in New Brunswick, and Public Health is checking for more cases every day.
Premier Jason Kenney is urging Albertans who have bought into conspiracy theories about COVID-19 being a hoax or part of a global effort to impose some kind of socialist order upon the world to “wake up and smell the coffee” and look at the actual data.
Ontario reported 1,563 cases of COVID-19 and 88 more deaths of people with the illness on Thursday. The figures today come as public health officials prepare to present the results of a study that aimed to identify the prevalence of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Ontario.
British scientists are starting a study Thursday to find out if it’s OK to mix and match COVID-19 vaccines. Participants in the government-funded study will get one shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine followed by a dose from Pfizer, or vice versa.