coronavirus variant, Global News has learned.According to Dr. Kieran Moore, medical officer of health for the region, he was alerted to a positive case of the B.1.1.7.
variant on Sunday. The health unit shared information about that news Monday. Kingston-public health identifies U.K. coronavirus variant in region But on Tuesday, Global News learned that testing for the variant takes “several weeks,” so the person who tested positive for the variant has already recovered from the virus.
Moore would not give an exact timeframe for when the person tested positive for the virus, citing privacy issues.Also, Moore said that four of the original case’s close contacts also tested positive for COVID-19.