The BC Centre for Disease Control has detected Canada’s first known case of a new COVID\u002D19 variant that has swiftly circled the globe, in what one expert says…
Activate your Online Access NowThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control says the new strain may be more capable of infecting people who have previously had COVID-19 or have received COVID-19 vaccines, compared to previous strains.
Dr. Brian Conway, an infectious diseases specialist and medical director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, said in an interview Thursday that the variant has likely been in circulation for weeks if not months.Conway said BA. 2.86 may not cause more severe illness but transmits more easily than other strains of the disease.A new vaccine, he said, will be the most important way to protect against new variants, adding that it’s a reminder that “COVID never went away completely.
Conway said as fall approaches and people spend more time indoors and viruses replicate more easily, “we should, be prepared for an increase in COVID illness, COVID hospitalization and COVID mortality.”Henry and Dix also said it wasn’t unexpected for the strain to show up in B.C. and Canada, and the risk to people in B.C. “has not changed.”“Reducing transmission and having high levels of protection through vaccination continue to be our best defence against all variants of COVID-19.
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