A second First Nations community in Manitoba is under lockdown following the potential discovery of a highly infectious coronavirus variant. The lockdown was nearly two weeks old when news emerged Saturday of seven possible cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K.'Surprised' by variant's arrivalThe samples were screened at Winnipeg's Cadham Provincial Lab, which identified the presence of markers that may be of the B117 coronavirus variant. So far, only one case of the virus variant has been confirmed in Manitoba. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)She is relieved the prospective virus variant hasn't resulted in a spike in new infections. Dumas is hopeful they will learn shortly, perhaps by Tuesday, if prospective cases of the coronavirus variant are indeed confirmed in Pauingassi.

Source: CBC News February 15, 2021 21:22 UTC