Ontario health officials are giving an update on coronavirus in the province as the number of confirmed cases globally surpasses 17,000.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer, and Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer, are speaking to media at Queen’s Park.
Public Health Ontario says that it will hold bi-weekly briefings as authorities in China and abroad work to contain the potentially deadly virus.
Four cases have been confirmed in Canada, three in Ontario and another in B.C. All three people infected in Ontario have recovered and are considered to be doing well, Williams said last week.
As of last Friday, another 17 people were being tested for the virus, though that figure is likely to be updated this morning.
Chinese officials say the virus has killed at least 361 people there. Some 146 cases have also been confirmed in 23 other countries.
