Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide another COVID-19 update for Albertans on Thursday afternoon.The chief medical officer of health is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m.
Her news conference will be streamed live in this post.On Wednesday, Hinshaw announced the first suspected in-school transmission of a COVID-19 variant.
In-school transmission ‘likely’ behind 2 cases involving COVID-19 variant in Alberta: Hinshaw Two cases were identified, though Hinshaw didn’t say what school or even where in the province it’s believe the transmission occurred.
She also didn’t specify which type of variant was transmitted.“Health officials are responding and making sure that anyone who is at risk is in quarantine and being offered testing twice,” she.