
Alberta to confirm first Omicron case at 2 p.m.
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Alberta will confirm its first case of the Omicron variant at 2 p.m., CTV News has learned.
Alberta will confirm its first case of the Omicron variant at 2 p.m., CTV News has learned.
Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw has called a news conference for Tuesday afternoon.
Watch it live on CTVNewsEdmonton.ca.
The day before, she and top government officials provided an update on Alberta's efforts to prepare for the Omicron COVID-19 variant. very likely" to reach the province. One hundred fifty-six people who recently returned to Alberta from southern Africa, the region where the strain was first found, are quarantining.
Alberta reported a little more than 800 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend to have an active case count below 5,000 on Monday.

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