By Pete McIntyre

B.C.’s first coronavirus case now ‘fully recovered’

Feb 19, 2020 | 1:07 PM

B.C. has had no new cases of the coronavirus since last week.

The number of confirmed cases in the province remains at five with the most recent one, a woman in the Interior Health Region, still showing symptoms. She’s reportedly “doing well” in isolation at home and being monitored closely.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said B.C.’s first case of COVID-19 has “fully recovered,” and the man who lives in the Vancouver area no longer has the virus — he’s considered cured.

“We still have very few cases in B.C. and in Canada. We’re still very much monitoring this carefully and the risk of transmission here is very, very low,” Henry told a news conference.

Henry added the Canadians who have been quarantined in Trenton, Ontario for two weeks will be released in the next few days.

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She said none of them have tested positive for the virus and they should be “welcomed back” to their communities, as they are healthy and not a risk.

“It’s been a very trying time for many of them in Wuhan before they were repatriated, and having to spend time away from their family and friends. And we now know they do not have this virus and I think it’s our opportunity to say ‘welcome back,'” Henry said.

Henry estimates about a third of the people in quarantine in Trenton could be coming to B.C. once they are released, a number she says is “fluid.”

Eight cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Canada. Most of the cases are people who came from China’s Hubei province which is considered the epicentre for the illness.

(With files from The Canadian Press)

by Pete McIntyre

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