Alberta investigating 2 separate COVID-19 outbreaks involving P.1 variants Albertans first learned of a P.1 variant outbreak through a tweet from Alberta’s chief medical officer of health on Saturday.Dr.
Deena Hinshaw’s tweet stated officials were “investigating a significant COVID-19 outbreak in Alberta involving P.1 variants of concern.”Despite requests from Global News over the weekend, the province wouldn’t provide further information about the outbreak, including where it was located or how many people may have been affected.Zahara said it was “highly irresponsible” of the government to release news of the variant outbreak without further information.“My instant reaction was: ‘Oh that must be up in Athabasca because they have a huge.