Fourth Person in Canada With Coronavirus First Tested Negative
- Three cases confirmed in Ontario, one in British Columbia
- Risk still ‘low,’ according to Ontario’s chief medical officer
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A fourth person in Canada has the coronavirus, first testing negative, then positive before recovering quickly as health officials scramble to get a handle on the fast-moving infection.
The female university student in her 20s arrived in Toronto on Jan. 23 from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak. Initially asymptomatic, she reported to hospital on the 24th where she initially tested negative. A second test at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, confirmed the case as positive.