News Snapshot:
The Omicron strain could have hardly survived a trip from North America to China in the mail, Ottawa says Canadas health officials have cast doubt on Beijings claim that the first reported Omicron case in China could have been caused by a person interacting with a contaminated mail from Toronto, saying that is highly improbable. “I find this to be, let’s say, an extraordinary view,” Canada’s Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told a news conference Monday. The minister swiftly responded to an allegation earlier voiced by Chinese health specialists. Beijing’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention had said it “cannot be...
