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On the same day Ford was pondering opening some economic gates, the CBC had Troy Day, a member of Ontarioâs modelling table and a mathematician at Queenâs University, stating his latest modelling is suggesting the B117 variant, first identified in Great Britain, will become the dominant strain in Ontario within four to six weeks.
At that point, case counts could rise again â even with existing restrictions â as scientists say that this variant is at least 30% more transmissible.
So does this mean a further hunkering down?
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Ontario is bracing for a perilous inflection point in the COVID-19 pandemic, which a mathematical model projects could result from a new variant of the virus that is showing up in the province.
According to the projection, released during a news briefing on Tuesday, the variant is poised to rapidly inflate case numbers and overwhelm emergency rooms in the province based on its behaviour in other locations. The projection helps explain why Ontario has issued a provincewide stay-at-home order beginning Thursday.