Coronavirus: Number of cases in Winnipeg rises to four

By Marek Tkach Global News

Posted March 13, 2020 6:41 pm EST

Updated March 22, 2020 9:59 pm EST

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

According to provincial officials, a fourth person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Manitoba.

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The individual is a man in his forties living in Winnipeg, who’s recently visited South Korea, the Philippines and Japan.

Public health officials believe the man was exposed to the virus while outside of Canada.

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This brings the total of COVID-19 cases in Manitoba to four. Three of those cases are presumptive, while one of them is confirmed.

The provincial government is reminding everyone to reduce activities in large groups or crowds and to ensure ill staff and students stay home from school and work.

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