COVID-19 cases in Canada have started to increase and severity trends could also rise, Ottawa warned on Friday, saying the rapid spread of the Omicron variant abroad should be a 'serious alarm bell' for those wanting to travel.
The team leader nurse gets updates from another nurse while they treat coronavirus disease patients inside the intensive care unit of Humber River Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 20, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos OsorioOTTAWA, Dec 10 - COVID-19 cases in Canada have started to increase and severity trends could also rise, Ottawa warned on Friday, saying theshould be a "serious alarm bell" for those wanting to travel.
Canada has so far recorded 87 COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, all of them asymptomatic or mild. Most of the initial cases detected were linked to recent international travelers or their close contacts.Omicron has the potential to spread much faster than the highly transmissible Delta variant, which is responsible for most Canadian cases, Tam said.
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