How a massive outbreak at Nunavut’s Baffinland mine sent ‘sparks’ of the Delta variant across the country
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On May 2, the Baffinland mine in Nunavut made a troubling announcement: For the first time in the pandemic, COVID-19 was spreading inside its remote northern work camp. What the press release did not say is that at least one worker had tested positive for Delta, a highly transmissible variant never seen before in the territory.