Quebec's first presumptive case of the coronavirus has been detected in a woman who recently returned from a trip to Iran, according to the provincial health minister. The woman took a plane from Iran to Qatar before arriving at the Montreal airport on Monday, Health Minister Danielle McCann said Thursday evening at an impromptu news conference. Health workers had no significant risk of exposure, said McCann, who declined to specify exactly where the medical facilities are located. "The detection of this case shows that our system is efficient, it is reliable and that the management protocol is well established," the minister said. More than 81,000 cases of the coronavirus have been detected since it emerged in the Hubei province of China last year.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2020 00:41 UTC