A 13th presumptive case of novel coronavirus has been identified in B.C. The patient is a woman in her 80s who is in critical condition at Vancouver General Hospital.
A 13th presumptive case of novel coronavirus has been identified in B.C. The patient is a woman in her 80s who is in critical condition at Vancouver General Hospital.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the woman had recently returned from travel in India and Hong Kong, and officials are investigating where she might have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus.
“The timing of her symptom onset is much more likely to be related to Hong Kong,” Henry said at a news conference Wednesday, but she added that the province is also looking into a tour group that the woman travelled with in India.
The patient is currently in isolation in the intensive care unit, and Henry said “all precautions” have been taken to protect staff and other patients.
This is B.C.’s first severe case of the novel coronavirus. Henry said the sick woman has several underlying conditions that put her at risk of serious illness.
All of the previous 12 patients were able to stay in isolation at home and four hav