Canada: British Columbia 2019-nCov cases = 6,591 cases; 213 deaths

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6645114/c...pdate-march-7/

Coronavirus: B.C. announces 6 new COVID-19 cases, 2 of them from a care home
By Sean Boynton Global News
Posted March 7, 2020 12:54 pm
Updated March 7, 2020 1:10 pm

Six new cases of the new coronavirus have been identified in British Columbia, two of which are connected to a care home in North Vancouver.

Chief medical health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix also gave an update on a previously-announced case that likely contracted COVID-19 in the community.

According to the officials, that patient is a health care worker at the Lynn Valley Care Centre where two of the new cases live.

Two of the other new cases travelled to the province from Iran.

The final two new cases were passengers of the Grand Princess cruise ship currently docked off the shore of San Francisco. The pair left the ship on Feb. 21 after travelling to Mexico and back to California.

The likely community transmission case — the first of its kind to be announced in Canada — is one of eight new cases announced Thursday...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...igin-1.5487631


8 more cases of COVID-19 virus identified in B.C., including 1 of unknown origin
This is B.C.'s first apparent case of coronavirus spread in the community
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 05, 2020 2:40 PM PT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

..."There's likely at least one other person out there who has this disease or had this disease, and we need to find them," she told reporters at a press conference Thursday.

Four of the new cases were identified in the same household as another patient in the Fraser Health region who was identified last week, Henry said. They were already living in isolation and being monitored for symptoms.

'Things are moving quickly'

Another two patients are a couple in their 50s and 60s have recently returned from travel to Iran, and the final new patient is a resident of Seattle who is visiting family in the Fraser Health region.

Henry confirmed that one of the cases is linked to University Canada West in Vancouver, which closed its campuses on Wednesday for three days of disinfection.

There have now been 21 positive tests for the coronavirus in B.C., including 13 linked to the outbreak in Iran...

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Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...niversity.html

Student COVID-19 case temporarily shutters private Vancouver university
By Wanyee LiVancouver Bureau
Joanna ChiuVancouver Bureau
Thu., March 5, 2020

VANCOUVER—A private university in downtown Vancouver is closing down its campus until Sunday after learning that one of its students has a presumptive case of COVID-19.

The student and their roomate are both in isolation, according to a statement from University Canada West on Thurusday.

The student’s father, who has tested positive for COVID-19, had been visiting from overseas.

The university is suspending on-campus classes and conducting a “full disinfection of all campuses” as a “precautionary measure,” the school said in a news release...

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Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...date-wednesday


Elderly woman in 'critical condition' due to COVID-19, marking B.C.'s 13th case
Officials said the woman lives in the Vancouver area and had recently returned from travelling in Hong Kong and India.
Stephanie Ip
Updated: March 4, 2020

A Vancouver woman in her 80s who recently returned from travel in India and Hong Kong is in critical condition after contracting COVID-19, making her the 13th case in B.C.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the woman has had a “severe illness” and is now in isolation at Vancouver General Hospital after her tests were returned as a presumptive positive for the novel coronavirus.

“As you know, this is what we have been preparing for,” said Henry.

“Close contacts are being identified and contacted and monitored, those who are at risk.”

Henry said the woman had been travelling as part of a group trip and officials were looking at who the woman may have been in contact with. Other members of the trip were friends who have now returned to other parts of the world...

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Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/6624856/b...pdate-tuesday/

B.C. confirms 4 new cases of COVID-19, provincial total climbs to 12
By Simon Little and Richard Zussman Global News
Posted March 3, 2020 2:23 pm
Updated March 3, 2020 10:10 pm

British Columbia confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday bringing the total in the province to 12.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said three of the patients had recently returned from Iran.

One patient is a man in his 50s, one is a man in his 60s and one is an adult woman. The province has limited information on the woman’s case.

The fourth new case is a woman in her 30s who was a close family contact of a previously identified B.C. case, also linked to Iran.

All of the new patients are in isolation.

“At least one of them went to an emergency department where they were tested. One of them was in isolation already,” Dr. Henry said....

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...ch-3-1.5483933

9th case of COVID-19 found in B.C.
Man in his 50s who recently returned from Iran has tested positive for the virus
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 03, 2020 11:31 AM PT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

A man in his 50s who recently returned from Iran is British Columbia's ninth confirmed case of COVID-19.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, say the man lives in the Fraser Health district and is now in self-isolation at home...

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LIVE soon: B.C. health officials making COVID-19 announcement
Andrew Weichel CTV News Vancouver Published Monday, March 2, 2020 11:40AM PST Last Updated Monday, March 2, 2020 4:45PM PST

VANCOUVER -- Health officials in B.C. are preparing to make an announcement regarding the COVID-19 virus on Monday afternoon.

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry are expected to speak to reporters at 5 p.m. CTV News will be streaming the news conference live online.

B.C.'s announcement is scheduled hours after health officials south of the border confirmed COVID-19 has now claimed six lives in the U.S., all in Washington state...

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/live-soon-b-c-health-officials-making-covid-19-announcement-1.4835291

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Source: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/coronavirus-bc-iran

BC announces new case of coronavirus in visitor from Iran
Megan Devlin
Feb 29 2020, 10:31 am

British Columbia health officials announced they’ve detected a new case of coronavirus in a woman who’s visiting the province from Tehran, Iran.

The woman in her 60s is staying with family in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, which encompasses Vancouver, Richmond, Sea to Sky country, and the Sunshine Coast...

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Source: https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/02...firmed-in-b-c/

Seventh case of COVID-19 confirmed in B.C.
by Hana Mae Nassar, Martin MacMahon and Kurtis Doering
Posted Feb 24, 2020 9:08 am PST
Last Updated Feb 24, 2020 at 9:27 am PST

Summary

A seventh person has tested positive for the new coronavirus strain in B.C.

Health officials say the man in his 40s is in isolation at home and is stable

The man apparently had contact with the sixth person to test positive for COVID-19 in the province

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in B.C.

A man in his 40s has tested positive for the new coronavirus strain in the Fraser Health district. Health officials say he had contact with “Case number six.” He is in stable condition and is in isolation at home.

B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said on Monday it’s concerning that cases are rising abroad, pointing to spikes in places like South Korea in recent days.

Henry asked that international travellers monitor themselves as well as their children, and urged people to stay away from others if they are sick.

She added the COVID-19 outbreak now meets the “classic definition” of a pandemic, but noted the question now is whether the spread of the virus can be contained...

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-b-c-1.5473758

7th case of COVID-19 diagnosed in B.C.
Latest case is a close contact of a woman who was diagnosed last week
Karin Larsen ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 24, 2020 9:18 AM PT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A seventh case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the new case is a man in the Fraser Health region who is related to a young woman who was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus last week after she had travelled back to Vancouver from Iran...

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Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-health-off...d-19-1.4825095

B.C. health officials to give update on COVID-19
Alyse Kotyk
CTVNewsVancouver.ca reporter
Published Monday, February 24, 2020 8:41AM PST

VANCOUVER -- Health officials in B.C. are expected to give an update on COVID-19 – previously referred to as novel coronavirus – Monday morning.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix, B.C.'s health minister, are expected to give the update at 9 a.m. in Victoria.

The province has committed to giving regular updates on the virus, but those typically happen on Tuesdays and Fridays...

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Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/air-cana...d-19-1.4824097

Air Canada passenger flying from Montreal to Vancouver tested positive for COVID-19
Daniel J. Rowe
Digital reporter
Published Sunday, February 23, 2020 3:43PM EST

MONTREAL -- An Air Canada passenger travelling from Montreal to Vancouver on Valentine's Day has tested positive for coronavirus.

The airline confirmed that it was advised Saturday by the BC Centre for Disease Control that a passenger tested positive for COVID-19...

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Passenger infected with coronavirus on Air Canada flight

VAT News | Published on February 23, 2020 at 14:00

A passenger who was on an Air Canada flight on February 14 had a coronavirus (COVID-19). The passenger who had left Iran for Vancouver made a stopover in Montreal.

TVA News obtained an internal Air Canada memo distributed to its employees to inform them that the infected lady had traveled with them from Montreal to Vancouver.

The airline was notified by the British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BC CDC).

BC CDC will contact the employees concerned and the passengers who were three rows in front and three rows behind the traveler.

Air Canada still wanted to share it with all of its personnel involved. "The risk is considered low enough that the crew members do not need to be isolated, but must monitor for the 14 days following the day of the flight and report the symptoms to a health professional, if they were to develop it, ”one can read.

For reasons of confidentiality, the BC CDC did not give many details on the passenger. However, it is known that she had a dry cough and had mild flu-like symptoms during her flight from Montreal to Vancouver.

Air Canada confirmed that it was informed by authorities on February 22, that the passenger screening test was positive.

"We invite you to contact the British Columbia Center for Infectious Disease Control for more information, as the authorities follow up with passengers," said Air Canada.

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Henry said officials were surprised when they learned the woman had only visited Iran, and not China or neighbouring countries that have seen the bulk of COVID-19 cases.

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"That could be an indicator that there's more widespread transmission. This is what we call an indicator or sentinel event," Henry told a news conference.

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Health Minister Adrian Dix said the province is currently testing a "very significant number" of patients for the virus, and he expects to provide another update on Friday.


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...date-1.5470757

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6th presumptive case of the COVID-19 virus found in B.C.
Dr. Bonnie Henry says woman in her 30s recently returned from travel to Iran
CBC News ? Posted: Feb 20, 2020 4:25 PM PT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago
B.C. health officials give update on COVID-19 LIVE

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A sixth person in B.C. is believed to be infected with the novel coronavirus, health officials announced Thursday.

The latest patient is a woman in her 30s who lives in the Fraser Health region, according to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. She had recently returned from travel to Iran and is now recovering at home, Henry said.

Henry described the woman's infection as relatively mild, but said she has had contact with others since her return from Iran last week. Close family members are currently in isolation and being monitored by public health officials...