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  • There is some breaking news tonight on the cove, it 19 front in this country.

  • First of all, Air Canada has now confirmed that one of its passengers, who flew from Montreal to Vancouver on February 14th has tested positive for the virus.

  • The BC Center for Disease Control is said to be following up with passengers from that flight, and Ontario officials say there's a new presumptive case in Toronto.

  • Ah woman, who arrived from China on Friday, is she is in self isolation.

  • The province says she wore a mask on her travels back to Toronto as China and the world works to contain the deadly spread of covert.

  • 19 cases continue to rise.

  • And now there's a fear.

  • The incubation period is actually much longer than first thought.

  • The Chinese government confirmed today that a 70 year old man didn't show symptoms of the virus until 27 days later.

  • Around the globe, more than 78,000 people are infected and more than 2000 have died, mostly in mainland China.

  • But the virus is spreading fast, numbers air rising in Japan, and there's a red alert in South Korea after 1/6 person died, countries in the Middle East or closing borders to Iran, which recorded 15 new cases today and three more deaths at in Europe.

  • Austria suspended all trains to and from Italy as cases in Italy.

  • Serge until more about the incubation period is known.

  • It's not yet known if 151 Canadians will now have to spend more time in quarantine and Cornwall, Ontario.

  • But it's Heather.

  • Your ex West reports Canadian health officials air adjusting their strategy as hope of containing the virus begins to fade.

  • Several communities in Italy are now under lock down after what began as just three cases Friday soared to more than 150 by Sunday afternoon.

  • In Iran, dozens of sick and at least eight dead have prompted a number of neighboring countries, including Pakistan, to close their borders.

  • And in South Korea, where infections have now soared past 600 officials have declared a red alert Leaders in the World Health Organization.

  • I've really talked about this closing window of opportunity to contain the virus in China, but it appears that if this window truly is closing, its almost nearly closed or it has closed on Sunday, China's president acknowledged shortcomings in his government's response to the outbreak, calling the situation in China still grim and complex.

  • China's efforts to stop this virus from causing a worldwide pandemic appear to be failing on Twitter, Canada's chief public health officer says.

  • This country needs to doom, or now Dr Teresa Tam wrote, It is prudent to ramp up our planning and preparations in the case of a more widespread outbreak.

  • The risk to Canadians has not changed, but we must plan for all scenarios, certainly at a health systems level.

  • We could increase the capacity to do diagnostic testing on really increase supports to hospitals and health care systems to really accommodate for perhaps on influx in the number of patients, especially as patients could arrive in our country now from any number of countries.

  • Beyond China.

  • Canada's latest presumed case arrived in BC From Iran The risk for most Canadians remains low for now, but as the world reaches a tipping point on this Corona virus outbreak, health officials know that could change at any time.

There is some breaking news tonight on the cove, it 19 front in this country.

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