CP NewsAlert: Alberta confirms its first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant
Nov 30, 2021 | 1:05 PM
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EDMONTON — Alberta is reporting its first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
The province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, says the case was confirmed in a traveller returning from Nigeria and the Netherlands.
The variant of concern was first identified in South Africa after a spike in infections, but it is unclear where Omicron first emerged.
Preliminary evidence suggests the new variant transmits more easily.
