TORONTO — Canada’s first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus has been officially confirmed, Ontario health officials said Monday as they announced the patient’s wife has also contracted the illness. Yaffe said the testing process is now being repeated for the man’s wife, believed to be the second coronavirus patient in the country. She said several other prospective patients have been tested in recent days, with coronavirus being eliminated in at least 15 cases. Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, said the patients currently being tested reside throughout the province, though many are concentrated in Toronto. Williams said that those who are not currently exhibiting the flu-like symptoms consistent with coronavirus are likely not contagious.

Source: Huffington Post January 27, 2020 21:43 UTC