Harsh coronavirus measures in Seattle area could reach Canada if outbreak worsens

Health officials in the Washington state county where the coronavirus has killed nine people are asking at-risk residents to avoid public areas and large gatherings where possible, marking a harsher language from those looking to limit the spread of the disease. But one expert says those same measures could soon come to Canada if the outbreak continues north of the border — particularly if the cases here turn fatal.

Guest: Stephen Hoption-Cann 

Clinical professor in the School of Population & Public Health at the University of British Columbia
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Health officials in the Washington state county where the coronavirus has killed nine people are asking at-risk residents to avoid public areas and large gatherings where possible, marking a harsher language from those looking to limit the spread of the disease. But one expert says those same measures could soon come to Canada if the outbreak continues north of the border — particularly if the cases here turn fatal.

Guest: Stephen Hoption-Cann 

Clinical professor in the School of Population & Public Health at the University of British Columbia

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