COVID-19 pandemic is now seeing round three of the fight against coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) which have no less than six different incarnations being tracked by public health units across Ontario.Researcher Andrew McArthur says alterations in the virus became significant between November and January when three variants with “commonalities” emerged from three different locations — the U.K., Brazil and India — and spread globally.
Ontario reports 870 new COVID-19 cases, 4th straight day cases are below 1K All three are generally considered to spread more efficiently among communities and make people sicker than the first iteration of the virus.McArthur believes the B.1.617 mutation first discovered in India, renamed ‘Delta’ by the.