The President of Public Health Canada, Dr..
The Canadian Public Health Agency said it is analyzing known cases to determine whether the new strain, which research indicates is more transmissible than the type currently prevalent in Canada, has already been found in the country. Tamm’s statements came while briefing reporters on the ongoing developments within the framework of Combating the Covid-19 epidemic.
She said that the primary health care center had so far had to examine more than 25,000 sequences of the virus that had already been collected in Canada, adding that these samples were of the highest quality, and they were working to determine the quality of other samples..
Tam said that the analysis will target samples with a high probability, such as those of people who have recently traveled.
The press briefing was attended by Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Teresa Tam, and Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Ngo.
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