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B.C. identifies new variant of COVID-19 - B.1.525 - associated with travel to Nigeria
Kendra Mangione
Producer, CTVNewsVancouver.ca
Published Friday, February 12, 2021 3:28PM PST Last Updated Friday, February 12, 2021 4:07PM PST
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia health officials say they've identified another COVID-19 variant in the province through testing.
Speaking at a news conference in Vancouver Friday, B.C.'s top doctor said a recent case has been confirmed to be a variant associated with travel to Nigeria.
This variant, labelled B.1.525, is new to the province, and the case is the first to have been confirmed in Canada.
It's the third variant known to be in B.C.
"We aren't entirely clear yet whether this variant also has increased transmissibility or causes more severe illness, but our lab team is working with their counterparts across the country and internationally to get a better understanding of what this can mean," provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.
She did call it a "variant under investigation," rather than a "variant of concern," and said the case is in a young person who lives in B.C.'s Interior Health region.
Henry said the person is isolating after travelling to Nigeria, and that health officials aren't aware of any transmission...
B.C. identifies new variant of COVID-19 - B.1.525 - associated with travel to Nigeria
Kendra Mangione
Producer, CTVNewsVancouver.ca
Published Friday, February 12, 2021 3:28PM PST Last Updated Friday, February 12, 2021 4:07PM PST
VANCOUVER -- British Columbia health officials say they've identified another COVID-19 variant in the province through testing.
Speaking at a news conference in Vancouver Friday, B.C.'s top doctor said a recent case has been confirmed to be a variant associated with travel to Nigeria.
This variant, labelled B.1.525, is new to the province, and the case is the first to have been confirmed in Canada.
It's the third variant known to be in B.C.
"We aren't entirely clear yet whether this variant also has increased transmissibility or causes more severe illness, but our lab team is working with their counterparts across the country and internationally to get a better understanding of what this can mean," provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said.
She did call it a "variant under investigation," rather than a "variant of concern," and said the case is in a young person who lives in B.C.'s Interior Health region.
Henry said the person is isolating after travelling to Nigeria, and that health officials aren't aware of any transmission...
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