{"id":53423,"date":"2020-01-23T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=53423"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:06:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:06:29","slug":"how-canadian-hospitals-and-airports-are-preparing-for-new-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/canada\/how-canadian-hospitals-and-airports-are-preparing-for-new-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"How Canadian hospitals and airports are preparing for new coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Health-care workers on the front lines of Canada’s preparations for the new coronavirus are gearing up to treat potential infections and prevent spread.<\/p>\n
Those preparations\u00a0will continue regardless of whether or not the World Health Organization declares the outbreak spreading in and beyond China a global health emergency on Thursday. The agency was\u00a0expected to\u00a0 make a decision on Wednesday\u00a0but delayed, citing lack of information.<\/p>\n China remains the epicentre of the outbreak, with more than 500 cases. Thailand, the United States, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan have also confirmed cases.<\/p>\n The head of the WHO’s health emergencies program, Mike Ryan, said the priority now is to find out how the virus is passing between people and to limit it.<\/p>\n “We are in agreement with Chinese authorities who have been clear and transparent that there is evidence of human-to-human transmission,” he said.<\/p>\n Given the speed of global travel, Canadian officials have said they would not be surprised if the virus lands here. If so, airport screening would offer one measure in efforts to control the spread. But passengers arriving here may not show any symptoms for days, which is why hospitals and health-care officials are getting ready.<\/p>\n