Canadian health officials stress COVID-19 risk remains low as case load rises

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With a slowly, but steadily rising number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, health officials continue to stress that the risk posed by the novel coronavirus in this country remains low.

The number of confirmed and presumptive cases stood at 54 Friday, the vast majority being reported in Ontario, with 28, and British Columbia with 21.All of Ontario's known patients had recently travelled outside the country or were in close contact with other patients who had, however, Canada's first apparent case of community transmission was reported in B.C. this week.

Quebec has two confirmed cases and one presumptive diagnosis that still has to be confirmed, while Alberta has reported two presumptive cases. "We've been having these plans, we've rehearsed them, we've been through a previous pandemic, we've been through co-ordination for Ebola response, for example. So each individual player in the federal and provincial system knows how those co-ordination mechanisms work," Tam told a news conference.

Meanwhile, the B.C. government has announced it's activating the province's pandemic plan to deal with COVID-19, and is ready to use emergency powers to protect the population, health workers, and the health system's capacity to help patients with other problems.

 

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Yeah risk is not low

The cases are not low, If every one of these cases have been in contact with others 🙄 expect the number to be double or triple soon.

as MORE cases are discovered

So if it’s a given the risk level will rise does that really mean the risk level is low? 🤔

It's what the Liberals been saying from the start and fraudulent Canadian media repeats that line without the slightest scrutiny like Canada is some sort of exception. Canada's cases have *quintupled* in the past week alone. Advice from Italy 👇

No, it will run its course just as it has in every other country it’s come to, only ours will be WORSE because Trudeau has refused to block fights from hotspots like other responsible countries have...so, many Canadians will die needlessly thanks to Trudeau’s INABILITY to LEAD!!!

Have to quit watching the Canadian/American news, they have lost there way, they can do much better, not saying they are putting out fake news, wording needs more work

Every time they say that something worse happens. Just stop and actually do something

Maybe it's time to snap out of our selfish lives and realize we have to break our routines for awhile to stop this illness, ie dinners out, concerts, sporting events, vacations AND The Olympics etc. Wake up people! We NEED to cancel The Olympics!

But remember, whatever you do, DON'T WEAR A MASK! chrismartenson

Trudeau has NO VIRUS PLAN!!! flights from hotspots have not been stopped infected people are walking all over, and Canada has few breathing machines to handle the sick in our OVERWHELMED system...he’s literally killing Canadians by not following what the US and others are doing..

Agree. Oxymoron - risk low / cases keep increasing.

What do you think they will say? Everyone PANIC? Trudeau refuses to screen airports based on travel history. Still not testing everyone. “Important to be aggressive beginning as numbers increase systems become overwhelmed” WHO

How about pushing that ALL retailers put purchase limits on products connected to COVID-19 to prevent hoarding.

Well when you allow travel from infected areas, you use the good faith self isolation policy, as if look at the one person travelling around for so many days on transit... everyone should be in quarantine. When the WHO says contain dose not mean let them go home

Maybe you should ask Westjet why they took no steps to prevent at least six obviously symptomatic individuals from getting on a plane from Vancouver to Toronto last night. Zero questions. They were sitting all around me, all coughing, blowing noses, one may have had a fever.

They are blind, pure and simple. Get ready to mass test and pull your heads out of the sand! Stop waiting, my god, please!

You just had a news section on basic hygiene including washing hands. An added 10 seconds could have shown canada the proper way to do this...but NOTHING.

Wash your hand and you will never get infected. Low low low.

It will continue as planes are still coming in with people who have traveled in affected countries.bantravel

'Canadian health officials stress COVID-19 risk remains low as caseload rises' Low is not good enough, how about 'Zero Risk'!

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