[News] Canada detects first two cases of the variant of the coronavirus found in the United Kingdom: the couple has no history of having traveled

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Canada detected the first two cases of contamination by the new variant of coronavirus discovered in the United Kingdom, Ontario health authorities announced this Saturday, December 26.

"The cases are a couple from Durham who have no history of travel, exposure (to the virus), or high-risk contacts," the Ministry of Health of this province, the most po[CENSORED]ted in the country, said in a statement.

The couple were placed in isolation on the same day that Ontario reinstated a multi-week lockdown due to a sharp increase in the COVID-19 epidemic since the beginning of December.

 

Migration measure
Canada suspended until January 6 all flights from the United Kingdom after the appearance in that country of the new strain of the virus.

Several countries announced on Saturday having identified confirmed cases of the British variant, such as Italy, Sweden, Spain and Japan, after the infections previously reported by France, Germany, Lebanon or Denmark.

The discovery of these first cases in the Canadian province "reinforces the need for the po[CENSORED]tion of Ontario to stay home as much as possible and to continue to respect public health guidelines, especially the containment measures in the province, which came into effect today. "recalled Dr. Barbara Yaffe, deputy head of the local health authorities.

The reconfinement in Ontario, which has 14 million inhabitants and whose capital is Toronto, will last 28 days in the south of the province and 14 in the northern part.

The new rules especially prohibit private gatherings indoors beyond the family circle. Essential businesses, such as grocery stores or pharmacies, may remain open but other establishments, such as restaurants, should be limited to dispatching orders or home deliveries.

Canada registered more than 534,000 cases and more than 14,700 deaths from coronavirus on Saturday since the start of the pandemic.