Ontario announced on Saturday its first two confirmed cases in the province of the COVID-19 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom. Ontario is the first province to identify the new COVID-19 variant. Both individuals have been informed and are now in self-isolation as per public health protocols, it said. However, based on the provincial government's own statistics, travel-related COVID-19 cases represent a small number of infections. Meanwhile, the provincial government is continuing to urge Ontarians to not gather for holidays and to follow public health guidelines.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2020 20:57 UTC