(Kathleen Harris/ CBC News) — Federal health officials expect more cases of the coronavirus, but say the risk of an outbreak in Canada remains low.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu said officials at all levels of government are working with hospitals and international partners to prevent and respond to potential infections.
“We’re working actively to limit the spread of the virus,” Hajdu said at a news conference in Ottawa Sunday morning after the first “presumptive” case of coronavirus was reported in Toronto.
Hospitals have an “incredibly strong” system to prevent and control infections, she said.
Hajdu said much has been learned from the SARS virus in 2003. Since the first cases of this novel coronavirus were reported in China in December, the federal government has been in close contact with the provincial health authorities and international players to share information in a “collaborative, responsive” approach. (…)