Thehe case was listed in Toronto.
According to the province’s deputy chief medical officer of health, Barbara Yaffe, it is an individual in his fifties who lived in Wuhan, China, where the epicenter of the epidemic is located. He became ill quickly, showing symptoms related to the coronavirus. The man was hospitalized at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto and placed in isolation in a negative pressure room. Ms. Yaffe said the patient’s condition was stable.
“We were notified of the lab results in the middle of the afternoon,” she said at a press conference. The emergency services were aware of his travel history and took all necessary precautions. “
The news comes at a time when, all around the planet, public health services are trying to fight against this new virus originating from China, but which has also been detected in Europe, Australia and North America. More than 1,200 cases have been identified, including three in France and two in the United States.
The province’s chief medical officer of health, David Williams, wanted to be reassuring by saying that the health services had responded well. “As a result, the risks to Ontarians remain low. The situation has been well managed and brought under control, ”he said.
The number of coronavirus-related deaths is 41, all in China. Despite this, the World Health Organization has still not launched a global health alert.
Friday, the national director of public health of Quebec, Horacio Arruda, had declared that there was no documented case of a person having contracted the coronavirus in the province.
According to data from the Canadian government, influenza causes 12,200 hospitalizations annually and causes 3,500 deaths.
Toronto Mayor John Tory reiterated statements from Ontario health officials, saying the risks remained low. He expressed confidence in the City of Toronto’s medical officer of health, Eileen de Villa.
“Our front line health workers are the best in the world. Procedures are in place to keep the population safe, “he said after the press conference.
Symptoms of coronavirus infection are like colds or flu – cough, fever, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. But the infection can turn into pneumonia, a more serious disease.
Public health officials also tried to reassure Canadians on Friday that they should not have to worry about entire cities being quarantined, even in the likely – likely – case of infections new coronaviruses are reported in the country.
Concerns about the spread of the virus in Canada have brought back memories – especially in Ontario – of memories of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003. 44 people were killed in the Greater Toronto Area and the city was temporarily become a “plague victim” – the World Health Organization had launched a warning advising travelers to avoid the Canadian metropolis.
The federal government also announced on Friday that it has strengthened measures to monitor the risks of the new Wuhan coronavirus at Canadian airports, including Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. For example, mandatory screening questions at border crossings will now include questions about trips to Wuhan in the past 14 days. A positive response would trigger a strengthened screening process.
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