By The Canadian Press

Virus

‘Presumptive positive’ coronavirus case detected in Toronto

Jan 25, 2020 | 4:21 PM

TORONTO – Health officials in Ontario say Canada has confirmed its first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus.

Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer of health, says a man in his 50s who had travelled to Wuhan, China, was taken to Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital and is now in a negative pressure room.

The confirmation comes as authorities around the world grapple with the new type of virus, which originated in China but has since spread to Europe and North America.

Authorities around the world have confirmed more than 1,200 cases so far, including three in France and two in the United States.

While 41 people have died of the virus in China, the World Health Organization has not declared the outbreak to be an international public health emergency.

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(The Canadian Press)