COVID-19, a network of scientists is looking to understand the variants of concern and are already watching for the next threat.“It’s almost inevitable that more variants of concern will emerge globally over the next months to a year or more,” said Dr.
Cory Neudorf, a University of Saskatchewan epidemiologist.“And that’s partially just because the virus is still spreading very rapidly.” COVID-19 variants: Not the same disease At the end of March, the Canadian Government announced $9 million to fund the coronavirus variants rapid response network, or CoVaRR-Net.It’s a Canada-wide collaboration of COVID-19 researchers, including federal, provincial and territorial labs.They study the variants, coordinate their findings and collect data from.