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Hinshaw to give Alberta COVID-19 update Wednesday as NDP calls for action to contain variants

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COVID-19 variants initially detected in the U.K. and South Africa if they begin spreading locally.So far, all of the variant cases that have been detected in the province have been travel-related, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said in her update Tuesday.Dr.

Deena Hinshaw said that as of this weekend, Alberta health officials had identified 12 cases of the variant of COVID-19 first discovered in the U.K., and two cases of the variant that was first identified in South Africa.Hinshaw is expected to update Alberta’s COVID-19 situation again on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m., earlier than she normally does.Her update will be streamed live in this story post.

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