A second presumptive case of coronavirus has been identified in B.C.

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A second presumptive case of coronavirus has been identified in B.C.
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B.C. woman who had contact with visitors from Wuhan is province's second case of coronavirus

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the latest patient is a woman in her 50s who had contact with visitors from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. She became ill a few days ago.A local test for the coronavirus came back positive on Monday night, but Henry said the case will not be confirmed until the results are replicated by federal health officials.

B.C.'s first case of the coronavirus was confirmed last week in a man in his 40s who recently returned from a trip to China that included time in Wuhan.

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