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Woman returning from Iran is B.C.'s sixth case of new coronavirus

panarmenian.net02/21st/2020, 9:06

Woman returning from Iran is B.C.'s sixth case of new coronavirus

February 21, 2020 - 13:01 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - A sixth case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia, Canada after a woman in her 30s returned to the province this week from travel in Iran/b>, The National Post reports.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday, February 20 the woman’s presumptive case is relatively mild and a number of her close contacts have already been put in isolation.

She said health officials are working on a detailed investigation of the woman’s travel and when her symptoms started to help determine if they need to notify those who traveled with her on the same aircraft.

Henry said the woman lives in the Fraser Health region, which is located east of Vancouver.

“This one, clearly, is a bit unusual in that the travel to Iran is something new,” she told a news conference at the B.C. legislature. “Iran has recently started reporting cases and we’ll be working with our national and international colleagues to bet...

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