Canada confirms the country’s second case of coronavirus | Science and Health

“The risk to citizens is low,” said a government spokesperson. The secretariat said the two are isolated and monitored.

The first patient was hospitalized after showing symptoms of respiratory failure upon returning last week from Wuhan, a city considered the epicenter of the disease in China.

With the confirmation of the second Canadian case, there are 7 confirmations of coronavirus infection in the United States. In China, there are more than 2,000 cases and 81 deaths.

China’s National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei said on Sunday that the novel coronavirus could spread even before symptoms appear.

Ma further said that the transmission capacity of the coronavirus is getting stronger and the enhanced containment actions, which so far include transportation and travel restrictions and cancellation of major events, will be intensified.

The Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (Cepi) – an international disease control group – announced on January 22 a fund to support three vaccine development programs against 2019-nCoV, the novel coronavirus. Russia, through its regulator, had also announced that it was working on the development of a coronavirus vaccine.