Illness continues spread, with dozens infected and one dead
A vendor distributes a newspaper with the headline"Wuhan breakout a new type of coronavirus, Hong Kong prevent SARS repeat" on a street in Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. The federal public health agency says it believes Canadians are at low risk of contracting a new type of pneumonia that has killed one person and made dozens sick in central China, but it has issued a warning to travellers to and from the city of Wuhan.
A 61-year-old man has also died from the illness — China’s first known death from the mysterious new virus. “Given we are at the height of respiratory illness season, it is not unexpected that countries, including Canada, may investigate or test travellers with severe pneumonia who are returning from the affected area,” said Anna Maddison, a senior media relations adviser with the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Chinese scientists have undertaken gene sequencing for the newly-identified coronavirus. This allows Canada’s health agency to implement diagnostic tests for this novel virus, Maddison said.
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