a new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the B.C. Interior for the first time, the province’s top doctor announced on Monday.Provincial health officer Dr.
Bonnie Henry said the United Kingdom’s B.1.1.7 variant has surfaced in the Interior Health region, involving a traveller from the U.K.
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variant identified over the weekend in B.C., bringing the total to 14.“Contact tracing is complete,” Interior Health said in a statement.“There are no indications of broader community spread and the case is believed to have been exposed to the variant while travelling.”There are four additional cases of the B1.351.