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COVID-19 in Canada: What we know about all the coronavirus cases so far

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Here’s what we know about all the coronavirus cases in Canada.

British Columbia

Case 1 — RECOVERED: The first case in B.C., confirmed on Jan. 27, was a man in his 40s. He had travelled to Wuhan, China, and was isolated after he was diagnosed in the Vancouver Coastal Health Unit. Officials cleared the man on Feb. 19.

Case 2 — RECOVERED: A Vancouver-area woman in her 50s was B.C.’s second case. Health officials believe she got the virus from two relatives, who had visited her from the Wuhan area. She was recovered as of Feb. 25.

Cases 3 and 4 — RECOVERED: These two, a man and woman in their 30s, were visiting from the Hubei province in China. They were visiting the woman who became case No. 2. These two, like patient No. 2, were cleared on Feb. 25.

Case 5: A woman in her 30s was announced on Feb. 14 to have contracted the virus; she had recently returned from Shanghai. The government did not specify where she lives, beyond the “B.C. interior” where she was at home in isolation.

Case 6: On Feb. 20, the government announced that a woman in her 30s who lived in the Fraser Valley health region had recently returned from Iran and was diagnosed. The government was monitoring those she had been in contact with, including passengers aboard her flight to Vancouver.

Case 7: This case, a man in his 40s, is someone who had been in contact with case No. 6. He also lives in the Fraser Valley. The case was announced on Feb. 24.

Case 8: A woman in her 60s, who was visiting family in B.C. from Tehran, was announced on Feb. 29 to have become sick with COVID-19. She did not have symptoms when she got here, but soon fell ill; she’s located in the Vancouver Coastal Health Region, the government says. This person was in contact with No. 12.

Case 9: A Fraser Valley resident, a man in his 50s, was announced on March 3 to have contracted the virus. He had recently returned home from Iran and was in isolation recovering.

Case 10: Also announced on March 3, a man in his 60s, a Vancouver resident, tested positive for COVID-19. He had also recently returned from Iran and was recovering in isolation. This person was in contact with cases 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Case 11: This person, a female Vancouver resident, whose age was not made public, also recently returned home from Iran and is in isolation recovering.

Case 12: A Vancouver resident, a woman in her 30s, who was in contact with No. 8.

Case 13: On March 4, health officials said a woman in her 80s, who had returned to Vancouver during the last week of February, was the 13th case. She had been travelling in Hong Kong and India; she was taken to Vancouver General Hospital in critical condition, where she remains in isolation.

Case 14: A close contact of No. 10. This person is a man in his 20s.

Case 15: A close contact of case No. 10. This person is a man in his 30s.

Case 16: A close contact of No. 10. This person is a woman in her 50s.

Case 17: A close contact of case No. 10. This person is a woman in her 60s.

Cases 18 and 19: These are a woman in her 50s and a man in his 60s. They, say the government, “reside in a single household,” and had recently returned from Iran.

Case 20: This person is a woman in her 50s who travels frequently from Seattle to the Metro Vancouver area. She is staying with family in the Fraser Health region, the government says.

Case 21: A woman in her 50s, in the Fraser Health region, who has no recent travel history.

Alberta

Case 1: The woman, in her 50s, is in the “Calgary zone” and was aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship. She returned home on Feb. 21, and has been isolated at home since Feb. 28; she’s expected to make a full recovery. This case is presumptive, meaning as yet Alberta has confirmed it but the national lab has not.

Case 2: The second case, also presumptive, is an Edmonton-area man in his 40s who had travelled on business to Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. He returned to Alberta on Feb. 28 and is currently isolated at his home.

Ontario

Case 1 — RECOVERED: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre admitted a patient with fever and respiratory symptoms on Jan. 23. The male, with no announced age, had recently visited Wuhan. This patient has recovered.

Case 2— RECOVERED: The second case, announced on Jan. 27, is the wife of the first case. No further details have been released, though the patient has since recovered.

Case 3— RECOVERED: A woman in her 20s had no symptoms when she arrived in Toronto on Jan. 23, but began to fall ill on Jan. 24. Having travelled by “private vehicle” to London, she was assessed at the London Health Sciences Centre, and released “with follow up” by the Middlesex-London Health Unit. She has had limited exposure and was isolated since Jan. 24. She has now recovered.

Case 4 — RECOVERED: A woman who had come from China went to the North York General Hospital ER — on the advice of Telehealth Ontario — on Feb. 21. She had a “cough that was improving,” the government said. She was discharged and went into self-isolation; she has also recovered.

Case 5: A woman in her 60s who had been in Iran went to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s ER on Feb. 24. She was discharged and went home to self-isolate.

Case 6: On Feb. 27, Ontario announced that No. 5‘s husband, a man in his 60s, had tested positive for COVID-19.

Case 7: A man in his 50s who arrived in Toronto on Feb. 25. He went to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Cetnre’s ER on Feb. 26, with a travel history to Iran. He was discharged and went into self-isolation.

Case 8: A man in his 80s who had arrived on Feb. 20. This man went to Scarborough Health Network’s General Hospital’s emergency department on Feb. 27, having gone to Egypt. He was put into self-isolation, as he was feeling well. Throughout his travels, the government said, the man wore a mask.

Case 9: A 34-year-old woman went to Mackenzie Health on Feb. 27, with a travel history to Iran. She had a dry cough, runny nose, shortness of breath and headache. She was put into self-isolation.

Case 10: A woman, 51, returned to Toronto from Iran on Feb. 22. On Feb. 28, she went to a clinic in Ajax with a cough, body aches and chills. She was admitted to Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering, where she was then discharged and put in self-isolation.

Case 11: The husband, age 69, of case No. 10. He had not travelled to Iran but tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 28; he’s in self-isolation.

Case 12: A man in his 50s who’s a Toronto resident but was temporarily living in Vaughn. He’s the brother of an unspecified earlier case, who had recently been to Iran. After testing at Mackenzie Richmond Hill hospital on Feb. 28, he was put into isolation. The government says he “has had no community exposure.” The case was announced on March 1.

Case 13: The husband of case No. 9, a man in his 40s. He had travelled with his wife and toddler to Iran, but did not have symptoms. He was tested on Feb. 28 at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital; the government says he’d been self-isolated before developing symptoms and therefore had no public contact.

Case 14: A man in his 60s who had returned from Iran on Feb. 23. On Feb. 28, he went to North York General Hospital with a cough; he was discharged and went into self-isolation.

Case 15: A woman in her 70s from Newmarket, who had been in Egypt with case No. 8. She was tested at Southlake Regional Health Centre on Feb. 29, and has been in self-isolation since.

Case 16: A woman in her 60s who came home from Egypt on Feb. 20, said the Toronto Sun.

Case 17: A woman in her 70s who came home from Egypt on Feb. 20 and was with case No. 17, said the Toronto Sun.

Case 18: A man in his 60s who came home to North York from Iran on Feb. 23.

Case 19: A woman in her 70s from York region, who had been to Egypt. She arrived in Toronto on Feb. 20, and went to Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital on March 1. She was discharged and put in self-isolation.

Case 20: A man in his 50s who had come home from Iran on Feb. 25. He went to York General Hospital on Feb. 29, and put in self-isolation after being discharged.

Case 21: A woman in her 50s, who returned home March 3, had come from Italy. She went to Grand River Hospital’s emergency department, in Kitchener, and was sent home for self-isolation with mild symptoms.

Case 22: A man in his 60s who had come home from Iran on Feb. 29. He went to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, on March 3. He was discharged that same day, and went into self-isolation.

Cases 23 and 24: A married couple, a man and woman in their 60s, were aboard the Grand Princess cruise ship. They travelled to Mexico over the course of Feb. 11 to 21. They came home Feb. 28 and the couple were assessed at Trillium Health Partners – Mississauga Hospital. They are at home recovering in self-isolation, the government says.

Case 25: A man in his 50s who had come home from Iran on Feb. 27. He went to North York General Hospital’s emergency department in Toronto on March 3. He was discharged and is in isolation.

Case 26: A man in his 40s who had been to Las Vegas went to Toronto Western Hospital in Toronto on Feb. 28. He’s at home in isolation.

Case 27: A man in his 20s returned from Italy on March 3 and went to the emergency department at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. He was discharged and remains in self-isolation at home.

Case 28: A Richmond Hill woman in her 60s who returned from Iran on March 2. She is now at home in isolation.

Quebec

Case 1: A Montreal-area woman, who came home from a visit to Iran, via Doha, Qatar on Feb. 25. She went into self-isolation after visiting a medical clinic.

Case 2: A resident of Mont-Laurier who had recently been to India. He was taken to Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital on March 4; the man was put in quarantine and is in stable condition.

— With files from the Vancouver Sun, Montreal Gazette and The Canadian Press

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Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa

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The Canadian government says it will donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to fight the mpox outbreak in Congo and other African countries.

It says the donated doses of Imvamune will come from Canada’s existing supply and will not affect the country’s preparedness for mpox cases in this country.

Minister of Health Mark Holland says the donation “will help to protect those in the most affected regions of Africa and will help prevent further spread of the virus.”

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Canada research chair in epidemiology and global health, says although the donation is welcome, it is a very small portion of the estimated 10 million vaccine doses needed to control the outbreak.

Vaccine donations from wealthier countries have only recently started arriving in Africa, almost a month after the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

A few days after the declaration in August, Global Affairs Canada announced a contribution of $1 million for mpox surveillance, diagnostic tools, research and community awareness in Africa.

On Thursday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said mpox is still on the rise and that testing rates are “insufficient” across the continent.

Jason Kindrachuk, Canada research chair in emerging viruses at the University of Manitoba, said donating vaccines, in addition to supporting surveillance and diagnostic tests, is “massively important.”

But Kindrachuk, who has worked on the ground in Congo during the epidemic, also said that the international response to the mpox outbreak is “better late than never (but) better never late.”

“It would have been fantastic for us globally to not be in this position by having provided doses a much, much longer time prior than when we are,” he said, noting that the outbreak of clade I mpox in Congo started in early 2023.

Clade II mpox, endemic in regions of West Africa, came to the world’s attention even earlier — in 2022 — as that strain of virus spread to other countries, including Canada.

Two doses are recommended for mpox vaccination, so the donation may only benefit 100,000 people, Pai said.

Pai questioned whether Canada is contributing enough, as the federal government hasn’t said what percentage of its mpox vaccine stockpile it is donating.

“Small donations are simply not going to help end this crisis. We need to show greater solidarity and support,” he said in an email.

“That is the biggest lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic — our collective safety is tied with that of other nations.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.

Canadian Press health coverage receives support through a partnership with the Canadian Medical Association. CP is solely responsible for this content.

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How many Nova Scotians are on the doctor wait-list? Number hit 160,000 in June

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HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says it could be months before it reveals how many people are on the wait-list for a family doctor.

The head of the province’s health authority told reporters Wednesday that the government won’t release updated data until the 160,000 people who were on the wait-list in June are contacted to verify whether they still need primary care.

Karen Oldfield said Nova Scotia Health is working on validating the primary care wait-list data before posting new numbers, and that work may take a matter of months. The most recent public wait-list figures are from June 1, when 160,234 people, or about 16 per cent of the population, were on it.

“It’s going to take time to make 160,000 calls,” Oldfield said. “We are not talking weeks, we are talking months.”

The interim CEO and president of Nova Scotia Health said people on the list are being asked where they live, whether they still need a family doctor, and to give an update on their health.

A spokesperson with the province’s Health Department says the government and its health authority are “working hard” to turn the wait-list registry into a useful tool, adding that the data will be shared once it is validated.

Nova Scotia’s NDP are calling on Premier Tim Houston to immediately release statistics on how many people are looking for a family doctor. On Tuesday, the NDP introduced a bill that would require the health minister to make the number public every month.

“It is unacceptable for the list to be more than three months out of date,” NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Tuesday.

Chender said releasing this data regularly is vital so Nova Scotians can track the government’s progress on its main 2021 campaign promise: fixing health care.

The number of people in need of a family doctor has more than doubled between the 2021 summer election campaign and June 2024. Since September 2021 about 300 doctors have been added to the provincial health system, the Health Department said.

“We’ll know if Tim Houston is keeping his 2021 election promise to fix health care when Nova Scotians are attached to primary care,” Chender said.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 11, 2024.

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Newfoundland and Labrador monitoring rise in whooping cough cases: medical officer

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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Newfoundland and Labrador‘s chief medical officer is monitoring the rise of whooping cough infections across the province as cases of the highly contagious disease continue to grow across Canada.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says that so far this year, the province has recorded 230 confirmed cases of the vaccine-preventable respiratory tract infection, also known as pertussis.

Late last month, Quebec reported more than 11,000 cases during the same time period, while Ontario counted 470 cases, well above the five-year average of 98. In Quebec, the majority of patients are between the ages of 10 and 14.

Meanwhile, New Brunswick has declared a whooping cough outbreak across the province. A total of 141 cases were reported by last month, exceeding the five-year average of 34.

The disease can lead to severe complications among vulnerable populations including infants, who are at the highest risk of suffering from complications like pneumonia and seizures. Symptoms may start with a runny nose, mild fever and cough, then progress to severe coughing accompanied by a distinctive “whooping” sound during inhalation.

“The public, especially pregnant people and those in close contact with infants, are encouraged to be aware of symptoms related to pertussis and to ensure vaccinations are up to date,” Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Department said in a statement.

Whooping cough can be treated with antibiotics, but vaccination is the most effective way to control the spread of the disease. As a result, the province has expanded immunization efforts this school year. While booster doses are already offered in Grade 9, the vaccine is now being offered to Grade 8 students as well.

Public health officials say whooping cough is a cyclical disease that increases every two to five or six years.

Meanwhile, New Brunswick’s acting chief medical officer of health expects the current case count to get worse before tapering off.

A rise in whooping cough cases has also been reported in the United States and elsewhere. The Pan American Health Organization issued an alert in July encouraging countries to ramp up their surveillance and vaccination coverage.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2024.

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