there is some breaking news tonight on
the cove Adnan front in this country
first of all Air Canada has now
confirmed that one of its passengers who
flew from Montreal to Vancouver on
February 14th has tested positive for
the virus the BC Centre for Disease
Control is said to be following up with
passengers from that flight and Ontario
officials say there's a new presumptive
case in Toronto a woman who arrived from
China on Friday is she is in
self-isolation the province says she
wore a mask on her travels back to
Toronto as China and the world works to
contain the deadly spread of kovat 19
cases continue to rise and now there's a
fear the incubation period is actually
much longer than first thought the
Chinese government confirmed today that
a 70 year old man didn't show symptoms
of the virus until 27 days later around
the globe more than 78,000 people are
infected and more than 2,000 have died
mostly in mainland China but the virus
is spreading fast numbers are rising in
Japan and there's a red alert in South
Korea after a sixth person died
countries in the Middle East are closing
borders to Iran which recorded 15 new
cases today
and three more deaths adding Europe
Austria suspended all trains to and from
Italy as cases in Italy surged until
more about the incubation period is
known it's not yet known if 151
Canadians will now have to spend more
time in quarantine in Cornwall Ontario
but as Heather your ex west reports
Canadian health officials are adjusting
their strategy as hope of containing the
virus begins to fade several communities
in Italy are now under lockdown after
what began as just three cases Friday
soared to more than 150 by Sunday
afternoon in Iran dozens of sick and at
least eight dead have prompted a number
of neighboring countries including
Pakistan to close their borders and in
South Korea where infections have now
soared past 600 officials have declared
a red alert leaders in the World Health
Organization have really talked about
this closing window of opportunity to
contain the virus in China but it
appears that if this window truly is
closing
it's almost nearly closed or it has
closed
on Sunday China's president acknowledged
shortcomings in his government's
response to the outbreak calling the
situation in China still grim and
complex China's efforts to stop this
virus from causing a worldwide pandemic
appear to be failing on Twitter Canada's
chief public health officer says this
country needs to do more now dr. Teresa
Tam wrote it is prudent to ramp up our
planning and preparations in the case of
a more widespread outbreak the risk to
Canadians has not changed but we must
plan for all scenarios certainly at a
health systems level we can increase the
capacity to do diagnostic testing and
really increase supports to hospitals
and healthcare systems to really
accommodate for perhaps an influx in the
number of patients especially as
patients could arrive in our country now
from any number of countries beyond
China Canada's latest presumed case
arrived in BC from Iran the risk for
most Canadians remains low for now but
as the world reaches a tipping point on
this coronavirus outbreak
health officials know that could change
at any time Heather your exbest Global
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