Officials Track Passengers on Flight With Coronavirus Patient

Officials Track Passengers on Flight With Coronavirus Patient
A man wearing two face masks travels in the subway, as China is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, on Jan. 26, 2020. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
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Public health officials were working Sunday to track down some of the passengers of a China Southern Airlines flight to Toronto this week after learning that the patient diagnosed with Canada’s first case of coronavirus showed symptoms on the plane.

But Canada’s chief public health officer stressed that the risk of future infection is low, and public health protocols are working.