Ontario confirmed Canada's first known cases of a new COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the U.K. but has been found in various countries including Belgium and Australia.
The province made the announcement on Saturday, saying that the two cases were from the Greater Toronto Area and had no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts and are in self-isolation.
The announcement of cases of this variant come as Ontario's new province-wide COVID-19 restrictions took effect. Abigail Bimman reports on what is known about the two cases, what this means for Canada and why health officials are stressing the importance of the province's new lockdown measures.
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