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What Canada's latest coronavirus case tells us about the evolution of the outbreak
'Globally, we will not be able to contain the spread of this virus,' says infectious disease expert
Amina Zafar, Adam Miller ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 22, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
As new outbreaks of coronavirus continue to appear in countries outside China, experts are now recalculating the risk of the virus and our ability to contain it worldwide.
Until now, the focus of containing the coronavirus illness, known as COVID-19, has centred on China.
Millions remain under quarantine in China's central Hubei province, where the outbreak began, and travel restrictions are still in place throughout the affected region.
But outbreaks have since emerged in South Korea, Italy and Iran. Infectious disease physicians say the rapid spread of coronavirus cases outside China could signal a game changer in the response to the global outbreak.
"Globally, we will not be able to contain the spread of this virus. We can slow it down, but we can't stop it," said Dr. Allison McGeer, an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital who worked on the front lines of the SARS epidemic in 2003.
"The number of countries with cases is going to continue to increase."...
What Canada's latest coronavirus case tells us about the evolution of the outbreak
'Globally, we will not be able to contain the spread of this virus,' says infectious disease expert
Amina Zafar, Adam Miller ? CBC News ? Posted: Feb 22, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
As new outbreaks of coronavirus continue to appear in countries outside China, experts are now recalculating the risk of the virus and our ability to contain it worldwide.
Until now, the focus of containing the coronavirus illness, known as COVID-19, has centred on China.
Millions remain under quarantine in China's central Hubei province, where the outbreak began, and travel restrictions are still in place throughout the affected region.
But outbreaks have since emerged in South Korea, Italy and Iran. Infectious disease physicians say the rapid spread of coronavirus cases outside China could signal a game changer in the response to the global outbreak.
"Globally, we will not be able to contain the spread of this virus. We can slow it down, but we can't stop it," said Dr. Allison McGeer, an infectious diseases specialist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital who worked on the front lines of the SARS epidemic in 2003.
"The number of countries with cases is going to continue to increase."...