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COVID-19: Quebec Health Ministry Advises Healthcare Personnel to monitor and self-isolate

Individuals who self-isolate are requested to respect guidelines in the provinces. (Credit: Skitterphoto / Pexels)

Tuesday afternoon Quebec’s health ministry asked all the staff in its healthcare network who travelled to China’s Hubei province and Iran to self-isolate at home.

The province is further asking workers to regularly check Canada’s public health agency list of active travel health notices for COVID-19 and to monitor themselves for symptoms if they travel to countries on the list.

Individuals who self-isolate are requested to respect guidelines in the provinces, Instructions for home isolation – Person under investigation for COVID-19.

Individuals who develop a fever, cough and have difficulty breathing should immediately contact Info-Santé at 811.

As of Wednesday morning, there were 121,231 confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infections in 120 countries, 4,376 deaths and 66,910 people have recovered. There were 95 confirmed cases in Canada.

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