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Alberta and B.C. have detected their first cases of the omicron variant, bringing the number of provinces that have reported the presence of the new coronavirus variant to four, after Ontario and Quebec.
At a news conference Tuesday, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health said the province’s first case was confirmed in a returning traveller from Nigeria and the Netherlands.
“I don’t want Albertans to be alarmed,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw said. “As I mentioned [Monday], we anticipated the arrival of this variant in the province eventually based on what we’ve seen from previous strains of COVID-19.”
The person tested positive while asymptomatic and has not left quarantine
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