China Outbreak

• Local infections are down but China continues to see imported coronavirus cases rise

  The country is seeing a steady rise in imported cases, mostly from Chinese people returning from abroad.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2020
  
• Former Shanghai mayor chosen to replace leader of China’s COVID-19 epicentre, reports say

  Former Shanghai mayor Ying Yong is to replace Hubei leader Jiang Chaoliang as the ruling Communist Party's chief in the beleaguered province, the Xinhua state news agency reported.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus will ‘undoubtedly’ hit Canadian and global economies, says Morneau

  Canada's finance minister said that while the impact right now is unclear, the effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak could be "significant."

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2020
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• Professor evacuated from Wuhan provides glimpse at ‘quarantine’ life at CFB Trenton

  Christopher Lan, a professor at the University of Ottawa, is among 213 evacuees from Wuhan who were flown in on two separate planes Friday over the spread of the novel coronavirus.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2020
• Canadian military bars any member travel to China, citing coronavirus risk

  The order says Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan Vance views any travel as a risk.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2020
• What we know about how the new coronavirus is spread

  Early indications suggest that the new coronavirus is spread by large droplets when people cough or sneeze.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2020
• Chinese county offers reward for information on people from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

  A county in China is offering money to tipsters who identify people who might have come from Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2020
• Canada is ‘much better’ prepared for Wuhan coronavirus than it was for SARS: expert

  “The thing to remember is that we have much better preparedness this time around," said Dr. Peter Donnelly.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2020
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• Amid coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan-born woman raising funds to send medical supplies home

  The Prince George, B.C., woman says she's raised $1,000 so far to send supplies to the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2020
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• ‘Too early’ to declare China coronavirus a global health emergency: WHO

  The World Health Organization says that now is not the time to declare a public health emergency in the case of a coronavirus from China.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2020