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Lab testing identifies COVID-19 variant as part of deadly Barrie, Ont., nursing home outbreak
COVID-19 variant in six swabs from Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., that has been experiencing a deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has confirmed.The variant strain testing is a two-part test, and at this time, the health unit says the first test indicates a “very high probability” that there’s a variant strain that’s of concern. Orillia hospital to temporarily lead Roberta Place nursing home in controlling COVID-19 outbreak The second part of variant testing is a whole-genome sequencing test to determine the exact strain of the virus.