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2nd case of coronavirus confirmed in Ontario
Toronto·BreakingA second presumptive case of Wuhan novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Ontario, according to the province’s top doctor.Patient has been in self-isolation since arriving in Toronto, province’s chief medical officer saysCBC News · Posted: Jan 27, 2020 7:12 AM ET | Last Updated: January 27Passengers and people waiting to pick them up wear masks…
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A second presumptive case of Wuhan novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Ontario, according to the province's top doctor.
Patient has been in self-isolation since arriving in Toronto, province's chief medical officer says
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A second presumptive case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Ontario, according to the province's top doctor.
In a statement issued early Monday, Dr. David Williams said the individual is the wife of a man believed to be Ontario's first presumptive case of the virus.
The pair had travelled to Wuhan, China, and recently returned to Toronto.
She has been in self-isolation since they arrived, the statement says.
“We are working alongside Toronto Public Health, who has been in regular contact with the individual during their self-isolation period,” said Williams, Ontario's chief medical officer.
“Given the fact that she has been in self-isolation, the risk to Ontarians remains low.”
Williams is scheduled to provide an update at Queen's Park at 11:30 a.m. ET.
Public health officials previously said the woman's husband, a man in his 50s, had been showing mild symptoms on their flight from Guangzhou, China, to Toronto.
Also Monday, Chinese health commission officials said the number of deaths from the flu-like virus in Hubei province — where the disease is believed to have originated — has climbed from 56 to 76, with four deaths elsewhere in the country. The total number of confirmed cases in China has risen to 2,744.
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