China’s coronavirus outbreak calls out for Canada’s help – and we should respond, in the spirit of Dr. Bethune GlobeDebate
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Kenny Zhang is a Fudan University alumnus, Jenny Li is a graduate of Hubei University, ChiChi Wang is an alumnus of the University of British Columbia and Zhenyu Cheng is a Wuhan University alumnus. All are residents of Canada.
After 2019-nCoV was identified as originating in the city of Wuhan, the Chinese government took extraordinary measures to contain the outbreak. Wuhan and 13 surrounding cities have been locked down since Jan. 23 in a quarantine that affects more than 40 million people. It might be hard for Canadians to imagine this feat, but consider that Canada’s entire population is about 37 million.
People pay respects at a memorial to Li Wenliang, one of the first doctors to warn about the coronavirus, in Hong Kong on Feb. 7, 2020.Canada has confirmed five cases of its own – three in Ontario, two in British Columbia – but it has been acting vigorously and vigilantly, monitoring the situation, providing travel advice and evacuating Canadians in China.
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