February 14, 2025
Canada's first case of deadly coronavirus lands in Toronto
“One of the things that is very different is that we know what the virus is, we have a fast, reliable test and that really is a game changer.”
“One of the things that is very different is that we know what the virus is, we have a fast, reliable test and that really is a game changer.”

Have you been exposed to the coronavirus yet?

Regardless of where you live in Canada, the real answer is that we don’t know yet.

The virus has finally made the jump to Toronto from the distant Chinese city of Wuhan. If you thought the city had been closed off from travel, well you are right, but not before the virus arrived earlier this week on a flight that landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

What we are relying on now are the assurances of public health officials that this new virus with a habit of killing people is being contained here, is not easily transmitted, and that we are all safe.

What we know so far is that a man in his 50s, who officials are calling the first “presumptive case” of coronavirus in Canada, had been visiting Wuhan and then boarded a flight to Wanzhou before taking off Tuesday on a flight to Toronto.

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