U.K. to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus mutations, travel restrictions In a news release Monday, the province said testing should be done whether or not individuals have symptoms.Travellers will be contacted directly by Alberta Health Services to book a test.People who travelled from the U.K.
who are taking part in the border pilot must immediately quarantine, whether or not they’ve had a negative test result.“A variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom with mutations that may cause increased infectivity,” said Dr.
Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health.“No variants with all the same mutations have been identified in Canada to date.