niman Posted February 4, 2020 Report Posted February 4, 2020 Medical health officials have identified a second case of coronavirus in BC. It involves a woman who has had family contact with people who have been in Wuhan, China. https://globalnews.ca/news/6506297/bc-top-doctor-novel-coronavirus-update/
niman Posted February 4, 2020 Author Report Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) B.C. confirms second case of novel coronavirus in resident with family visiting from Wuhan BY SIMON LITTLE GLOBAL NEWS Posted February 4, 2020 4:19 pm Updated February 4, 2020 5:20 pm B.C. Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provides an update on the novel coronavirus in British Columbia. British Columbia has announced a second “presumptive confirmed” case of the novel coronavirus. The case will still need to be confirmed by a second test at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, but health officials say they expect it to return positive. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s chief medical health officer, made the announcement Tuesday, and said the patient was a woman who had contact with family visiting from Wuhan, China. READ MORE: B.C. has tested 114 people for the novel coronavirus, but has only confirmed 1 case Henry said the woman, a resident of the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region, and her family remain at her home, and VCH is following up with the entire group. “The test came back positive yesterday, and Vancouver Coastal is doing the detailed investigations today,” said Henry. “We’ll be testing, we’ll also be making sure that they trace back any movements that these people have had, and make sure we are in contact with anybody that may have had close contact with any of them.” Edited February 4, 2020 by niman
The case will still need to be confirmed by a second test at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, but health officials say they expect it to return positive. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s chief medical health officer, made the announcement Tuesday, and said the patient was a woman who had contact with family visiting from Wuhan, China. READ MORE: B.C. has tested 114 people for the novel coronavirus, but has only confirmed 1 case Henry said the woman, a resident of the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region, and her family remain at her home, and VCH is following up with the entire group. “The test came back positive yesterday, and Vancouver Coastal is doing the detailed investigations today,” said Henry. “We’ll be testing, we’ll also be making sure that they trace back any movements that these people have had, and make sure we are in contact with anybody that may have had close contact with any of them.”
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