Article contentA couple living in Durham Region have been charged with public-health related offences after they discovered they had the new COVID-19 variant by a fluke, CBC News reports. Currently, Ontario’s testing for the variant from the U.K., known as B117, is only done in special circumstances, such as knowing the person travelled outside of Canada recently or had contact with a traveller. Try refreshing your browser, or Ontario couple charged after testing positive for new COVID-19 variant Back to videoThe Durham couple in December told public health last month they had no contact with travellers but that turned out to be false. The man and woman could be charged under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, which is a provincial law that invests regional medical officers of health with the power to impose restriction or conditions to control epidemics. The couple are set to appear in court in March.

Source: National Post January 12, 2021 15:43 UTC