{"id":43475,"date":"2021-03-31T16:37:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=43475"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:37:26","slug":"aph-evidence-of-covid-19-variants-of-concern-vocs-detected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/aph-evidence-of-covid-19-variants-of-concern-vocs-detected\/","title":{"rendered":"APH &#8211; Evidence of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) Detected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algoma Public Health received laboratory screening results today that showed evidence of variants of concern (VOCs) in three recent cases of COVID-19 in Algoma residents.\u00a0 This means that COVID-19 variants of concern are circulating in Algoma.\u00a0 Of the three specimens that screened positive for VOCs, two specimens were from Sault Ste. Marie &amp; area, and one specimen was from Elliot Lake &amp; area.\u00a0 Identification of\u00a0the specific strains is not available at this time, pending additional laboratory information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Variants of concern (VOCs) are new\u00a0strains of the COVID-19 virus that have changed or mutated.\u00a0 VOCs can\u00a0spread much more easily, and some can\u00a0also cause more severe disease.\u00a0 At this time, about 60% of COVID-19 cases in Ontario are positive for mutations or VOCs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All public health measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission continue to apply to the new variants, and they must be applied very rigorously, due to the higher risk of transmission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we approach the Easter holiday and spring break, and with the ongoing aggressive spread of COVID-19 and VOCs across the province and in northern Ontario,\u00a0we ask all Algoma residents to be extra vigilant, and to\u00a0do your part to stop the surge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algoma Public Health received laboratory screening results today that showed evidence of variants of concern (VOCs) in three recent cases of COVID-19 in Algoma residents.\u00a0 This means that COVID-19 variants of concern are circulating in Algoma.\u00a0 Of the three specimens that screened positive for VOCs, two specimens were from Sault Ste. Marie &amp; area, and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 20:19:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43476,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43475\/revisions\/43476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}