COVID-19 cases and a new virus mutation.Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said Wednesday 40 cases B.C. confirmed 39 cases of the variant, called B.1.617.
Canada banning flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days as COVID-19 cases soar It is being treated as a variant of interest and is being described as a “double mutant” due to a pair of mutations that the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says may confer “immune escape and increased infectivity.”In the last two weeks, more than 100 international flights landing in Canada have carried at least one positive COVID-19 case on board, according to the federal government.At least 32 of those flights were from India.It is a very difficult time right now in India,” B.C..