If more evidence emerges that it does one or more of these things, a variant of interest may be upgraded to a variant of concern. 0:52The variant has also shown up in well over a dozen countries around the world, according to the GISAID global database . On Thursday, Alberta reported its first case of the variant, which health officials said was in a returning interprovincial traveller . The two mutations the new variant carries, E484Q and L452R, have both been found separately in other coronavirus variants, but this variant is the first time they have been found together. WATCH | Variant's mutations make it more transmissible, doctor says:New coronavirus variant has two mutations, is more transmissible, doctor says CBC News Network (Highlights) 2:44 A new variant of interest, first detected in India, contains two mutations of the coronavirus.

Source: CBC News April 23, 2021 22:47 UTC