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Reuters: Canada’s Ontario finds two cases of virus variant first seen in UK

Published Dec. 27, 2020 at 1:46 am

This handout photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency shows shipments of initial doses of the newly authorized Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arriving at selected ports of entry in Canada on December 24, 2020. (Photo by - / Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) / AFP)

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Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province. Scientists say the variant is about 40%-70% more transmissible than the original strain. Several other countries, including Australia, Italy and the Netherlands say they detected cases of the new strain.