Seven cases of coronavirus variants have been confirmed in Saskatchewan so far. But the long wait to test samples for virus variants is making it more difficult to track their spread in the province. Currently, it takes approximately two weeks to find out if a test is positive for a variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. "But in this case, to detect the variant, you need to construct the entire virus sequence, and that's why it takes longer." White says from his perspective, the province is doing a reasonable job of handling the new need to be able to test for coronavirus variants.

Source: CBC News February 27, 2021 23:03 UTC