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. 2020 Mar 9:ciaa227. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa227

Diagnosis and Management of First Case of COVID-19 in Canada: Lessons applied from SARS

Xavier Marchand-Senécal 1, Rob Kozak 1, Samira Mubareka 1,2, Natasha Salt 1, Jonathan B Gubbay 3, Alireza Eshaghi 3, Vanessa Allen 2,3, Yan Li 4, Natalie Bastien 4, Matthew Gilmour 4, Omar Ozaldin 5, Jerome A Leis 1,6,✉
PMCID: PMC7108147  PMID: 32147731

Abstract

We report diagnosis and management of the first laboratory-confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalized in Toronto, Canada. No healthcare-associated transmission occurred. In the face of a potential pandemic of COVID-19, we suggest sustainable and scalable control measures developed based on lessons learned from SARS.

Keywords: (5 max): COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, Infection Prevention

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