March 9 (Reuters) – Canada has recorded its first loss of life from the brand new coronavirus, a resident at a British Columbia long-term care facility, the province’s well being officer Bonnie Henry mentioned on Monday at a press convention.
Henry mentioned on Saturday that two residents on the Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver had examined constructive after a well being employee on the facility was discovered to have the virus.
(Reporting by Anna Mehler Paperny in Toronto Writing by Allison Martell, Modifying by Franklin Paul)
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