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. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province’s associate chief medical officer of health, said the confirmation came through earlier in the day following tests at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. Yaffe said the testing process is now being repeated for the man’s wife, believed to be the second coronavirus patient in the country. Public health officials say the woman’s husband had been showing mild symptoms on his flight from Guangzhou to Toronto. “In many ways, this case is not surprising,” said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health.

Source: National Post January 27, 2020 12:27 UTC