COVID-19 outbreaks involving the P.1 variant, which was first discovered in Brazil.In a thread of tweets sent Monday afternoon, the province’s chief medical officer of health provided more information about a “significant COVID-19 outbreak in Alberta involving P.1 variants of concern,” which was originally tweeted about on Saturday.Dr.
Deena Hinshaw said the outbreak appears to be linked to a large employer with multiple sites across Western Canada. The name of that employer was not released.Hinshaw said the outbreak started with a traveller who returned to Alberta from out of province.
Where the person was returning from was not disclosed.“To date, the spread has been confined to three work sites in Central and North zone, where employees.