The consequences of holding one of the largest mining conferences on the planet in Toronto last week in the midst of a global health scare became clearer on Wednesday when public health authorities confirmed that an attendee from Sudbury, Ont., has tested positive for coronavirus, sending shudders through the industry.
A spokesman for the Ministry, however, referred all calls to the Ontario Treasury Secretariat, who did not provide comment by the time of publication.“That’s basically the takeaway of the conference —, everybody’s paranoid about the coronavirus,” said Gino Chitaroni, president of Polymet Labs in Cobalt, Ontario as he struggled to suppress a cough during a telephone interview.
On Wednesday afternoon, Toronto Public Health officials faced a barrage of questions about the latest developments in the spread of coronavirus in Ontario including whether it was wise to bring tens of thousands of people from around the world to Toronto for a networking conference. So far no one else who attended the conference and has tested positive for coronavirus has been identified to the public.
Anyone coming from a country where travel is restricted was granted a full refund, while others depending on the timing of their cancellation, were given 75 per cent refunds, according to Lee.
Shudders? Really?
As we all suspected. Get the facts
If I get this virus I am going to sue the federal government for failing to stop this virus from spreading in Canada because of failure to shut down the flights coming from China when the conservatives told them to shut it down
Go home self isolate so if you have it your not spreading it.
None of us that went are shuddering. All of us washed our hands. The media must Stop the hysteria. It does more harm then the virus COVID19 PDAC2020
Watching my gold mine stocks crater.
We need to do the math - Perspective ----- Canada yearly 12 200 cases of flu per year with 82% happening Jan 1/March 31 (2018) numbers Deaths related are 3500 population 38 million Non diagnosed cases of flu is est to be 600 000.