COVID-19 variant detected in early screening results of 99 more people: Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit

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The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said initial screening results for another 99 people have come back positive for a “variant of concern.”

The SMDHU said the 99 were discovered in data from a point of prevalance study conducted by Public Health Ontario, where all positive samples from Jan. 20 are being tested for the three main COVID-19 variants of concern, including variants first detected in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and South Africa.

“It’s expected that those results will likely be the UK variant,” a news release issued by the health unit on Tuesday read. “This certainly makes us concerned that the variant may be more widespread, and that in turn means that we need to really take public health measures that prevent spread of the virus much more to heart.”

One person who tested positive for a “variant of concern” on the first screening works at Waypoint, which is also currently dealing with an outbreak. “We need to absolutely follow the stay at home order so that we can protect ourselves, those who are more vulnerable and our health care system. We need to assume that a variant of this virus is everywhere and do everything we can to drive it out.”

 

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