Article contentIt could take only seconds to get infected with the U.K. variant of the COVID-19 virus. Try refreshing your browser, or When it only takes 'seconds' to become infected with COVID variants, how do you protect yourself? Currently in Canada there are an estimated 320 cases of the U.K. variant, with more than 200 in Ontario and more than 70 in Alberta. The case counts for the other variants are much lower, with 18 cases of the South African variant and just the one case of the Brazilian. Ontario will now begin screening all positive cases of COVID for the variant genomes.

Source: National Post February 09, 2021 10:52 UTC