B.C. health officials announce province’s 8th case of coronavirus

B.C. health officials announce province's 8th case of coronavirus
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B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, shown Jan. 31, said an eighth person in the province has tested positive for coronavirus.

Health officials in B.C. have announced the province’s 8th case of coronavirus, a woman visiting the province from Tehran, Iran.

Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix spoke to media on Saturday morning from Vancouver and said the woman is in her 60s and had been visiting family in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.

Henry says she arrived earlier this week and that her illness is mild.

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