This handout file illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus, COVID-19.
York Region Public Health has reported 11 people who went to a series of wedding events have tested poaitive for COVID-19.
The events took place Aug. 28-29 in Toronto, Markham, and the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville.
The confirmed cases stem from three events on Aug. 28 — at a private residence in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, at the Rexdale Singh Sabha Religious Centre on 47 Baywood Rd. in Toronto, and at the Lakshmi Narayamandir Temple on Morningview Trail in Toronto — and one the following day at a home in Markham
The health authority is asking all individuals who attended these events to monitor for symptoms related to COVID-19 until Sept. 12.
Those experiencing symptoms are urged to self-isolate and call York Region Public Health at 1-800-361-5653.
