They said scary images coming from a now isolated Wuhan, a Chinese city with 11 million people, will not be repeated here.
Toronto's medical officer of health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, urged people to ensure they are consulting credible information sources on the outbreak. Good places for solid information include websites of the Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Ontario and Toronto Public Health, she said. While no cases have been reported in Canada, concerns about the virus spreading here have stirred memories of the SARS outbreak in 2003 that killed 44 Canadians and saw Toronto turn temporarily into something of an international pariah after the World Health Organization issued a travel advisory warning people to avoid the city.
In addition, he said, health officials were working with the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg to develop an even quicker test.
They think they are prepared because they learned everything they need to know when SARS hit. Sure.
I fear this article will not age well. China built a facility with 1000 beds in 6 days. We can't even get a family doctors appointment in that time.
I'm sure Chinese authorities said the same thing while they tried to suppress the outbreak.
And why the hell not?
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