The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked tenfold in a week. The U.N. health agency defines an international emergency as an “extraordinary event” that constitutes a risk […]
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health continues to monitor the Coronavirus situation as the outbreak continues to spread. So far, there have been three confirmed cases in Canada, two in Ontario and one in B.C.. The disease has infected thousands around the world since the outbreak began in China in December. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. […]
Health officials in British Columbia say a man in his 40’s is presumed to have coronavirus and is doing well as he recovers at home. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the man works regularly in China and lives in the area covered by Vancouver Coastal Health. She says the man has voluntarily isolated himself since […]
Those at the University of Regina that had trips planned to China through the university will have a tough time doing so. The U of R has cancelled all centrally-organized and funded trips to China for the next three months. Any University-sponsored and organized China trips being taken by students, staff, researchers or faculty will […]
Canada’s first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus has been officially confirmed, Ontario health officials said Monday as they announced the patient’s wife has also contracted the illness. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer of health, said the confirmation came through earlier in the day following tests at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. A Toronto […]
Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus. They say the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also tested positive for the virus. The province says the woman has been in self-isolation since arriving in Toronto with her husband last week. Chief […]
OTTAWA — The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease’s epicentre., Canada’s Chief Public Health officer said Sunday as she stressed the risk of future infection is low. Dr. Theresa Tam said the man in his 50’s, […]
Health officials are stressing that people do not need to panic after Canada confirmed its first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus. Officials in Toronto are interviewing all those who had contact with the man diagnosed with Canada’s first case of the new coronavirus to ensure none of them were infected. Authorities announced Saturday that they had detected […]
TORONTO – As the new coronavirus claims more lives in China, health authorities in this country are trying to reassure Canadians that plans and procedures are in place to protect them. While no cases have yet been confirmed in Canada, Dr. Peter Donnelly, with Public Health Ontario, said Friday that it is indeed “likely” the […]
As Canadian public health agencies prepare to deal with a new viral illness, a specialized lab in Saskatoon is using its research on different strains of the coronavirus to help develop a vaccine. The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, also known as VIDO-InterVac, has received permission from the Public Health Agency […]
