Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the COVID-19 situation in Edmonton on March 20, 2020.A dentist who attended a large industry conference in Vancouver this month is suspected of dying from COVID-19, while several doctors who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton have fallen ill.
Fardad Moayeri, a long-time friend and client of Dr. Vincent, posted a brief note of remembrance on his personal Facebook page saying the man, in his 60s, was a dedicated father, a talented dentist, a phenomenal skier and a generous and reliable friend.at the Vancouver Convention Centre on March 5 through 7.
“I do know they attended the conference and they were known to public health and an investigation had been done,” she said. “This conference is a major source of some of the infections that we’ve been seeing in B.C. There are now up to 32 people that we can link directly, or indirectly, to that conference.”
Dr. Hinshaw said all of those workers’ close friends, co-workers and relatives were being contacted. They included three doctors from Red Deer, where 58 patients and 97 other health-care workers are being contacted about potential exposure. There were also doctors from the Calgary and Edmonton regions who were infected.
Caroline Colijn, the Canada 150 research chair in mathematics for evolution, infection and public health based at Simon Fraser University in B.C., said it is tricky to track the path of infections.
대한민국 최근 뉴스, 대한민국 헤드 라인
Similar News:다른 뉴스 소스에서 수집한 이와 유사한 뉴스 기사를 읽을 수도 있습니다.
출처: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 더 많은 것을 읽으십시오 »