Published 16:05 IST, February 29th 2020
Coronavirus: Canada reports 15 cases, including one presumptive case in Quebec
The presumptive samples in Quebec have been dispatched to National Microbiology Lab for further testing, if confirmed, it will be the 15th coronavirus case.
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Cana has reportedly confirmed a total of 15 cases of vel Coronavirus as of February 29, including a presumptive case in Quebec City. So far, seven cases each have reportedly been confirmed in Ontario and British Columbia and one suspected case in Quebec. presumptively positive samples in Quebec have been dispatched to National Microbiology Laboratory for furr testing. If confirmed by laboratory, this would be Cana's fifteenth confirmed case, as per reports.
Public Health ncy of Cana (PHAC) has been closely monitoring situation and has been assessing public health risks associated with COVID-19 in Cana. Cana’s chief public health officer has reportedly been in close contact with provincial and territorial medical officers to ensure that any cases of COVID-19 occurring in Cana should be rapidly identified and mand in order to protect health of Canians, suggest reports.
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A woman in British Columbia who returned from Iran was diagsed with COVID-19 and was first case in Cana with travel history to China. Meanwhile, in Ontario, man quarantined at Sunnybrook Hospital who is Cana's first case of virus was cleared previously after testing negative for illness twice in 24 hours, said National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, according to media reports.
Most cases linked to Iran
Most cases in Cana detected with strain of Coronavirus have been linked to Iran. officials in British Columbia declared that woman from London, Ontario who h earlier tested positive to virus h strain disappear from her system making her first case ever in Cana cured of malignant disease.
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Cana h reportedly suspended all flights operational with China earlier. Air Cana recently anunced that it was extending its suspension of flights between Cana and Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai until April 10 due to outbreak of virus.
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(with inputs from ncies)
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16:05 IST, February 29th 2020