Cases of COVID-19 variants on the rise in Canada, fuelling concerns over third wave

Six Nations public health reports 1st cases of concerning COVID-19 variants

Ohsweken Public Health has reported its first two COVID-19 variants of concern at Six Nations of the Grand River.

Oil nosedives as concern over third wave of Covid-19 crushes demand

The price of crude plummeted by over 4% on Tuesday, with concerns that new coronavirus curbs and slow vaccine rollouts in Europe will hurt a recovery in demand.Benchmark Brent Crude had dropped 4.12% to $61.96 a barrel by 13:00 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was down 3.95% to $59.13.“Continental Europe is tightening the coronavirus measures and thereby further restricting mobility,” Commerzbank said, adding: “This is likely to have …

More COVID testing planned this week on the Cape — concerns about a third wave of infection

State officials also on the lookout for variants of concern in light of recent spike in positive COVID cases — Barnstable and Yarmouth the highest.

Canada's largest province says it's in the third wave -- and officials worry the vaccine rollout may not happen fast enough

Canada's largest province declared Monday it was at the beginning of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, pointing to evidence of increasing case counts, hospitalizations and the spread of variants.

Cases of COVID-19 variants on the rise in Canada, fuelling concerns over third wave

Dr. Theresa Tam said there have been 5,154 confirmed COVID-19 cases involving more transmissible variants across Canada

Cases of COVID-19 variants on the rise in Canada, fuelling concerns over third wave

The number of cases of variants of concern in the country is rising, Canada's chief public health officer said Monday as provinces ramped up their vaccination programs in the hopes of heading off a possible third wave of COVID-19.