Ontario is reporting 4,505 cases of #COVID19 and over 56,200 tests completed. Locally, there are 1,257 new cases in Toronto, 1,232 in Peel, 412 in York Region, 247 in Ottawa and 224 in Durham.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) April 23, 2021
DOUBLE-DOUBLE MUTANT: Indian researchers identify new strain of mutated B.1.617
Just two weeks after Indian researchers identified the new ‘double-mutant’ B.1.617 COVID-19 strain, a consortium of scientists in that country have uncovered a new mutation that shows an even stronger resistance to antibodies.
Dubbed B.1.618, the new variant was found in samples taken in West Bengal, the easternmost state in India that shares a border with Bangladesh and home to Kolkata, the nation’s seventh-most populous city.
‘More people are catching on’: Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels
Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to take some selfies, but he didn’t cross here for the view.
He chose this particular point of entry from the United States to avoid the mandatory three-day stay at a quarantine hotel that applies to air travellers entering Canada.
“I don’t want to spend three days or whatever it is locked up at a hotel when I’m back in Toronto to do work,” he said.
