2026-04-01 from ctvnews.ca

A new COVID-19 variant that’s been found in nearly two dozen countries and half of the 50 United States has made its way to Ontario.

Dubbed BA.3.2, the variant was first identified in South Africa on Nov. 22, 2024, and later detected in the U.S. on June 27, 2025, through the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s traveller surveillance program.

Since then, it’s been found in wastewater samples from 25 U.S. states and been reported in at least 23 countries, according to the CDC.

Canada is among those countries reporting cases of BA.3.2, and 21 infections were found in Ontario from Jan. 18 to Feb. 14, Public Health Ontario’s latest epidemiological survey shows.

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