COVID-19 variants in the province.Public Health Ontario has screened all positive COVID-19 tests from Jan. 20 for three variants to create a snapshot of their presence in the province.The results of that survey will be presented at a pandemic briefing later today.So far, Ontario has recorded 152 cases of a variant that first emerged in the U.K.
and one case of another that first emerged in South Africa. Ontario confirms 1st case of South African coronavirus variant, no known link to travel Both are believed to be more infectious and health officials have said they expect more cases will be detected.The government has advised people to heed public health rules and keep taking precautions against the virus to prevent the variants from.