Omicron variant detected in Windsor-Essex

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Taylor campbell

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December 14, 2021 • 1 minute ago • <1 minute read • Join the conversation

Top physicians at three Southwest Ontario health units, including the Woodstock area agency, strongly urge people to keep their Christmas socials to 10 or less and work from home if possible, as the count of Cases of the fourth wave of COVID-19 intensify and uncertainty about the new variant of Omicron looms.
Top physicians at three Southwest Ontario health units, including the Woodstock area agency, strongly urge people to keep their Christmas socials to 10 or less and work from home if possible, as the count of Cases of the fourth wave of COVID-19 intensify and uncertainty about the new variant of Omicron looms. Photo by Justin Tallis /AFP

Windsor-Essex has its first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.

The local health unit reported Tuesday that laboratory processing had confirmed a single case of the variant in the region.

The health unit also reported 44 additional COVID-19 infections and three more COVID-related deaths.

More to come.

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