Canadian ski resort closed over giant cluster of Brazilian Covid variant cases

Canadian ski resort closed over giant cluster of Brazilian Covid variant cases
Graeme Massie
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A Canadian ski resort was forced to close down after a giant cluster of the Brazilian Covid-19 variant was discovered.
Authorities in British Columbia shuttered Whistler Blackcomb resort after 877 cases of the highly infectious P.1 variant were found in the province.
Nearly a quarter of those cases were linked to Whistler and at least 84 people who visited the resort tested positive without traveling outside of Canada.
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Officials say it is not yet clear how the variant arrived at the ski resort north of Vancouver, but it is the largest outbreak outside Brazil itself.

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