COVID-19 variant originally discovered in South Africa has surfaced in North Bay, Ont.The North Bay Perry Sound District Health Unit, which is contending with a local outbreak, says it’s identified one case of the South Africa-based variant so far, adding the patient is a close contact of an international traveller.An outbreak at an apartment building in North Bay has seen at least 18 confirmed novel coronavirus variant cases.
18 COVID-19 variant cases confirmed as part of North Bay, Ont., apartment building outbreak North Bay is currently one of four regions that will remain under a provincial stay-at-home order for the coming week in a bid to lower local COVID-19 case counts.