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Quebec monitoring 30 possible cases of COVID-19 as worry mounts over international spread
Matthew Lapierre
Digital reporter, CTV News Montreal
Published Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:45PM EST Last Updated Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:50PM EST
MONTREAL -- Quebec health officials are monitoring 30 people who may have contracted the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19.
The number, which is updated daily by the provincial health ministry, is the highest it has been since the start of the outbreak. The spike in the number of people being evaluated has grown because on Tuesday Quebec added five countries to a watch list that had previously only included mainland China and Hong Kong.
Now travellers who show symptoms of respiratory illness who had recently travelled to South Korea, Iran, Italy, Japan and Singapore, will be tested for the new coronavirus...
Quebec monitoring 30 possible cases of COVID-19 as worry mounts over international spread
Matthew Lapierre
Digital reporter, CTV News Montreal
Published Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:45PM EST Last Updated Wednesday, February 26, 2020 4:50PM EST
MONTREAL -- Quebec health officials are monitoring 30 people who may have contracted the novel coronavirus, now known as COVID-19.
The number, which is updated daily by the provincial health ministry, is the highest it has been since the start of the outbreak. The spike in the number of people being evaluated has grown because on Tuesday Quebec added five countries to a watch list that had previously only included mainland China and Hong Kong.
Now travellers who show symptoms of respiratory illness who had recently travelled to South Korea, Iran, Italy, Japan and Singapore, will be tested for the new coronavirus...