after returning from Las Vegas for three
days this week
the man took the transit with rush hour
crowds to and from work until he showed
up at a Toronto hospital on Wednesday
the individual identified that they had
the onset of cough a mild cough and
that's the primary symptom the man who's
in his 40s is now recovering at home
health officials say the risk to
passengers is low but they're now
tracing who the man might have had
contact with where he picked up the
corona virus isn't clear Las Vegas
doesn't have a known outbreak officials
predict it's only a matter of time until
the virus will be passed on locally
should we find ourselves and in a
circumstance where we're seeing hmm
there's local transmission we need to
start changing our approach that the TTC
is already doing that disinfecting
vehicles more frequently as for
passengers concerned like it's sad for
those who are getting affected by it I
don't think we need to do a world panic
and every time even when traveling home
like you wondering like if the person
sitting close to me is infected security
guard had it and yeah that was wack but
he he handled it properly he went ice
isolated himself and all that
if Toronto continues to see unexplained
cases it could change the definition of
who's at risk and who should be tested
or even retested and I know that in
other jurisdictions they've gone ahead
and tested individuals who are for
example illness severe respiratory
infections so it might be now looking
for the virus and cases that did not
have clear exposure dr. mubaric a-- is
among the scientists tapping into 27
million dollars in new federal research
money to study how long this corona
virus survives in the air and on
services a key unknown for officials
trying to prevent more transmissions
Vicky Doe Pia CBC News Toronto