TORONTO - The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn't that sick and might otherwise have been sent home.Exc
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January 24, 2021 - 7:30 AM
Here s a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25, 2020:
Jan. 25: A Toronto man in his 50s who returned from the Chinese city of Wuhan â the initial epicentre of the outbreak â becomes the first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus in Canada. The man is placed in isolation in Toronto s Sunnybrook Hospital.
Jan. 26: The man s wife, who had travelled with him from Wuhan, also tests positive, becoming the country s second presumptive case. The woman is allowed to self-isolate at home.
Jan. 27: The National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg confirms that the Toronto man being treated at Sunnybrook Hospital is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Canada.
TORONTO The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn’t that sick and might otherwise have been sent home. Except the man had just returned from China, where a new viral disease was spreading like a brush fire. His chest X-rays were also unusual. “We’d never […]
TORONTO — The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn t that sick and might otherwise have been sent home. Except the man had just returned from . . .