Taiwan Confirms Two New Cases of Coronavirus

▴ Taiwan Confirms Two New Cases of Coronavirus
Father and son duo reportedly affected by coronavirus at Taiwan. Another patient from Canada is under observation.

According to latest CNN reports, Taiwan confirmed two new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the island's total number of confirmed cases to 28.The two patients are a father and son in their 80s and 50s, respectively, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center. They do not have a recent travel history, but health experts believe they may have contracted the virus from a relative who recently visited mainland China.

Meanwhile, Public Health Officials in Ontario, Canada, have confirmed a new "presumptive positive case" of the novel coronavirus. The case involves a woman who arrived in Canada from China on Friday, the Ontario Ministry of Health said in a news release. She had an "intermittent cough that was improving," the news release said, but she went to the emergency department at North York General Hospital in Toronto at the advice of Telehealth Ontario.Laboratory testing indicated the patient was "presumptive positive" for the coronavirus, the news release said. Officials are awaiting final confirmation from the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg.

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