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Jan 27, 2020 • 37 tweets • 45 min read
BREAKING: The first suspected #2019nCoV coronavirus case in Toronto has been confirmed as Canada's first. The second suspected case is still being classified as "presumptive," says Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health Dr. Barbara Yaffe #cdnhealth
Yaffe says there are now enhanced screening measures in place for 911 dispatchers in Ontario, who will ask callers with respiratory illnesses about travel history so that paramedics can arrive wearing appropriate garb in suspected coronavirus cases #2019nCoV#cdnhealth