COVID-19 variant and a public health investigation into two Hamilton residents that just returned from what’s considered the epicentre of the new version of the virus.COVID operations chief Michelle Baird says it’s still too early to tell what the implications are of the Omicron variant – the fifth and latest mutation designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Omicron variant: WHO expects more information on transmission ‘within days’ “At this point, we’re just following the direction of the province and trying to understand what that science is,” Baird told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton.“Certainly when we know more, we’ll see at that point what needs to happen.”The WHO has previously warned Omicron poses a “very high” risk of.