Eighth case of COVID-19 recorded in B.C., say health officials

Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:20:36 +0000

B.C. now has eight cases of COVID-19.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Adrian Dix, B.C.’s health minister, gave the update at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.

The patient is a woman in her 60s who is visiting family from Tehran.

The woman is in isolation at home with a relatively mild case, said Henry.

She is in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. A small number of her close contacts are also in isolation.

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