Canada has confirmed two cases of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom.
The two confirmed cases are a pair from the Durham District of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. The pair have no known history of travel, exposure or high-risk contact, Xinhua News Agency reported.
“This further reinforces the need for Ontarians to stay home as much as possible and continue to follow all public health advice, including the province-wide shutdown measures beginning today,” the Ontario government said Saturday night.
The Canadian government banned all flights arriving from Britain on December 20 until January 6, 2021, in response to concerns over the Covid-19 variant.
