Health Canada’s enhanced screening process to identify possible coronavirus carriers before they enter the country failed its first test.
Novel coronavirus 2019 n-CoV has landed in Canada. Patient zero a man in his 50s, had travelled to Wuhan, China, and is currently in stable condition at zone zero, Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Despite showing symptoms while on the flight to Toronto, the man walked through the enhanced screening process at Pearson International Airport and went home. The following day, he went to the hospital, where he was instantly isolated.
Ontario health officials announced Monday that the wife of Canada’s first confirmed coronavirus case has also contracted the illness. Another 19 people in the province are also under investigation for possible infection.
Like, journalist, Matt Gurney penned in the National Post, “A man flying back from an epidemic hot zone — and who was actively symptomatic upon arrival at an airport that was on the alert — was screened by officials who were fully aware of the danger … and who then let him into the country.
Health officials confirmed on Sunday; they will follow up with staff and the travellers who were within a two-meter radius of the patient on the flight from Guangzhou to Toronto.
On Monday Ontario health officials announced that the wife of Canada’s first confirmed coronavirus case has also contracted the illness. Another 19 people in the province are also under investigation for possible infection.
Read the CBC story: Coronavirus in Canada: What are the next steps to contain the disease here?
Read Matt Gurney feature: Matt Gurney: Health officials can reassure us all they want, but our system failed.
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