Omicron may have reached Simcoe County.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is investigating a household cluster of 7 confirmed cases of COVID-19 that have a strong probability of being the Omicron variant of concern.
The health unit says all the cases are currently isolating at home.
They add the cluster is linked to travellers who arrived in Simcoe County from Nigeria in late November.
They say test results should be back in the next 7 to 14 days, but given the travel history and the preliminary laboratory screening results, the health unit says the likelihood of an Omicron cluster is very high.
