Coronavirus tracker: Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. Follow the pace of COVID-19 cases, vaccinations in Canada. Ontario public health officials near Toronto to monitor the effect of school reopenings closely. Read more: Alberta slaughterhouse closes temporarily over mushrooming, now-fatal COVID-19 outbreak; the B117 coronavirus variant has been detected in two First Nations communities in Manitoba. As they watch the alarming rise of more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus, some public health officials and epidemiologists are warning that in areas with high community transmission, schools should be the only places to reopen in the immediate future.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2021 20:48 UTC