The man presumed to be infected with the coronavirus had symptoms of the illness while travelling on the plane to Toronto’s Pearson airport, Canada’s chief public health officer said Sunday. “The latest information is that the patient had symptoms on the plane,” Dr. Theresa Tam told a press conference in Ottawa Sunday. “This patient may have had some mild symptoms, not something that would have been particularly obvious,” Tam said. Toronto Public Health is investigating every place the patient may have visited and any people he came in contact with, said Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, at a separate press conference on Saturday. Despite its rapid spread, as of Sunday the virus had not been declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization.

Source: thestar January 26, 2020 16:18 UTC