Coronavirus: 7 probable cases of U.K. variant on Manitoba First Nation The samples were screened at Manitoba’s Cadham provincial laboratory and have been sent to the National Microbiology Lab for confirmation.“It’s actually caused quite a bit of a panic,” McKay said.The Canadian Armed Forces had already arrived in the community last weekend to help with a spike in COVID-19 cases.Pauingassi has been under a strict lockdown since Feb.
2, with residents required to stay at home except for essential purposes.“Whatever little things there were to do up here, there’s now absolutely nothing,” McKay said.
Variant from U.K. could ‘threaten vaccination’ and ‘sweep the world’: expert Dr. Marcia Anderson, the lead for the First Nation Pandemic.