Health officials searching for passengers after Toronto’s coronavirus patient showed symptoms on his flight to Pearson
Sandro Contenta
By Sandro ContentaFeature Writer
Sun., Jan. 26, 2020timer3 min. read
The man presumed to be infected with the coronavirus had symptoms of the illness while travelling on the plane to Toronto’s Pearson airport, Canada’s chief public health officer said Sunday.
“The latest information is that the patient had symptoms on the plane,” Dr. Theresa Tam told a press conference in Ottawa Sunday.
She said authorities are working to find passengers who were seated within a two-metre radius to the 50-year-old man on the plane, and all others who may have had contact with him on the plane. “We will be working very rapidly to do so,” Tam said.
“For the rest of the plane, if you don’t get a call from public health authorities that means you weren’t within the 2-metre radius,” Tam said, adding that passengers who are not contacted “should remain calm.”
The man arrived Wednesday on China Southern Airlines flight CZ311. He flew from Wuhan to Guangzhou and from there directly to Toronto. He was taken from the airport in a private vehicle and authorities say he had little contact with anyone since his arrival outside of his immediate family.
Asked repeatedly if the man had reported to Pearson airport authorities that he had been to Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, Tam initially seemed to suggest he had not, but later suggested she didn’t know, stressing that airport protocols were followed.
“This patient may have had some mild symptoms, not something that would have been particularly obvious,” Tam said.
Tam said she expects laboratory confirmation on the presumed coronavirus infection within 24 hours.
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