The first confirmed local case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in a Guelph male between the ages of 10 and 20, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health reported Friday.
Waterloo Region’s public health unit has asked three elementary schools to deploy rapid antigen tests at three local elementary schools in an effort to avoid closures.
There were 46 new COVID-19 cases reported in Waterloo region on Thursday. As well, the region has announced three pop-up vaccination clinics in Kitchener and Waterloo this weekend that can immunize children as well as offer third doses to people aged 70 and older and health-care workers.
There are a total of 312 active cases of COVID-19 in the region of Waterloo. The public health unit also advised of two new outbreaks: one in a stroke unit at Grand River Hospital and one at a construction worksite.