good evening and thank you for joining
us we begin with breaking news
a fifth case of the novel coronavirus
has been identified in Canada
DC's top doctor says a woman in her 50s
has tested positive and a sample has now
been sent to the National Lab in
Winnipeg for confirmation but health
officials have not confirmed how the
woman contracted the virus she hadn't
been to China but she did have family
visiting from Wuhan the woman is an
isolation at home and said to be in good
condition
this case is not unexpected it tells us
that our system is working that we're
finding people that were assessing them
safely and in the hospital setting for
example the things that we're doing
every day to prevent transmission of
influenza and the other bugs that we see
this time of year are working meanwhile
Global Affairs has told Canadians
trapped at the center of the outbreak in
China that a plane could be ready to
leave ohon as early as tomorrow there's
no guarantee that everyone who wants to
leave will be able to get out it appears
there are more people wanting out than
there are plane seats and china says
permanent residents will not be allowed
to leave unless they're needed to
accompany Canadian children that's left
some families in a state of limbo the
Canadian government says it's doing what
it can to help we have been advocating
for repatriating because obviously I saw
the news I saw this the family stories
obviously everyone wants to do their
best to bring all these people home
however I have to work with the Chinese
health authorities new video from Wuhan
today shows the chaos caused by the
outbreak hospitals are so overwhelmed
that people are lined up outside waiting
for help as of tonight more than 24
thousand cases have been confirmed the
number of dead has grown to 492 most
cases are in China but at least 24 other
countries including Canada are affected
we'll have more on the virus and what's
happening in China in just a moment but
we begin with the Canadians waiting and
hoping they'll be part of the airlift
Abigail Beeman has tonight's top story
when we can each have a child on our lap
and not be too
hanging up any additional seats so
there's really I can't understand any
reason why it's not doable this email
from Global Affairs Canada told Megan
Millward she's shortlisted for the
Canadian flight with her two young
children but the family was devastated
to learn her husband a permanent
resident isn't on the list reads two
kids they're two so is kind of hard to
believe and separate the defending
Canada maintains China will only allow
Canadian citizens to leave and a primary
caregiver for a Canadian child but not
to we're going to continue to press I
understand there's a number of permanent
residents would like to be repatriated
as well my family is one of the vacation
they didn't go over there to you know
create a problem for anybody and it's
really just kind of escalated into this
national dilemma and I I just want my
family home permanent residents Danielle
Alou and daughter domenica are visiting
family in Wuhan but live in British
Columbia where Canadian citizen husband
and dad Monty Gisborne is frustrated by
a lack of communication they're not on
the list for the plane I'm just trying
to get my family hall I'm getting worn
down by this a little more than 300
people have asked for Ottawa's help to
get out there is a larger number of
Canadians asking for evacuation and
there is space on the plane that's why
we have already got an option on the
second plane but no word yet on the wind
that would come or who would be allowed
on board meanwhile for many being holed
up inside small spaces for days takes an
emotional toll we're just really tired
we've been trying to campaign to get him
to be allowed to go with us and we're
tired those who got the short list email
are told to make their way to the
airport late Wednesday night for a
Thursday morning departure but even then
there's no guarantee they'll get on the
plane due to numbers and final approval
for that flight to take off is still in
China's hands Robin
Abigail Beeman in Ottawa the government
chartered plane is now on its way to
Hanoi Vietnam once China grants final
approval the plane will fly into the
epicenter of the outbreak
Wuhan to pick up
Canadians approved to leave after taking
off from there the plane will stop in
Vancouver to refuel all passengers will
remain on board any passenger who is
sick will be taken off the plane for
treatment from Vancouver the plane will
fly to the Canadian Forces Base in
Trenton Ontario once there all
passengers will be screened for symptoms
and then kept on base under quarantine
for 14 days
they'll stay at a special military hotel
at CFB Trenton called the Yukon Lodge
everyone will be placed in their own
rooms with families kept together in
China authorities are taking more
aggressive steps to try to get the
outbreak under control in the gambling
city of Macau officials are now so
worried they've asked that all 41
casinos in the city be shut down for two
weeks so far ten cases have been
reported there at least one of them
involves a casino worker elsewhere in
China officials are struggling to keep
up as the virus spreads
here's Redman Shannon forget about the
numbers for a moment this is the real
human impact of coronavirus a woman
cries after being prevented from seeing
her mother's body before it is driven
away authorities are now admitting the
first patients to the newly built Wuhan
hospital and elsewhere in the city
community games and even convention
centers are being converted into medical
facilities for an ever-growing number of
patients the Health System is struggling
to cope with some people lining up out
doors to get treatment
across the country various tactics
including drones are being used to
remind people to wear face masks in Hong
Kong a new type of protest after the
first coronavirus death in the territory
health workers demanding all border
points with mainland China be closed
leader Carrie Lam has kept three
crossings open for now I'm appealing to
those who are taking part in this action
that let's put the interests of the
patients and the entire Public Health
System above all the things outside of
China another cruise ship is in lockdown
this time in Japan after one passenger
tested positive for the virus the World
Health Organization says this is not yet
a pandemic at least by its own
definition but it's asking the world to
start cooperating properly I'm writing
to all ministers of health to request an
immediate improvement in data sharing as
I said yesterday we can only defeat this
outbreak with global solidarity the
w-h-o again criticized blanket travel
bans against China saying they only
increased fear with little positive
effect one positive note though this 73
year old Thai patient described the
symptoms as tough but she said she's
fully recovered after hospital treatment
Redman Shannon Global News London