HANOMANSING.

TONIGHT, CONCERNS THE

CORONAVIRUS IS ENTERING A NEW

PHASE IN CANADA, CIRCULATING IN

THE COMMUNITY.

FROM MAT MASS TRANSIT TO PUBLIC

GATHERINGS.

>> WE NEED TO START CHANGING OUR

APPROACH.

>> Ian: AND WHY SOME DOCTORS

SAY, IF YOU'RE SICK, DON'T GO TO

THE E.R.

>> RIGHT NOW I'M JUST WAITING TO

HUG HIM.

>> Ian: A TEEN BOY RESCUED AFTER

HE WAS ABDUCTED, TAKEN AS

COLLATERAL FOR A STEP BROTHER'S

DRUG DEBT.

>>> THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> HE NEVER LEFT HER ALONE.

>> AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

THE CIRCLE OF SUPPORT THAT SOME

SAY IS SAVING LIVES.

CANADIAN HOCKEY'S FIRST OLYMPIC

CHAMPIONS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.

>> THIS WAS AN UNDERDOG STORY

THAT ENDED UP BEING A MOMENTOUS

CANADIAN STORY.

>> Ian: A NEW TRIBUTE FOR A

HISTORY-MAKING TEAM.

THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".

IN AN EPIDEMIC, FEAR CAN EASILY

OUTRUN FACTS.

A DAY AFTER WE LEARNED OF THE

FIRST COVID-19 CASE IN CANADA

WITH NO DIRECT LINK TO TRAVEL,

THE FEAR IS THE VIRUS IS

RAMPANT.

THE FACTS SAYING THE EXPERTS,

NOT HERE, NOT NOW.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ACTING AS

DISEASE DETECTIVES, TRACKING

CASES OF THE VIRUS, ISOLATING

THOSE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH

IT.

THE RISK, OFFICIALS STRESS,

REMAINS LOW, ALTHOUGH

YESTERDAY'S B.C. CASE OF

APPARENT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION

IS A SIGN THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

FOR THE MOST PART, CANADA IS

DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL CASES OR

SMALL CLUSTERS LINKED TO TRAVEL

OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.

YET, VIK ADHOPIA HAS THE STORY

OF ONE CASE.

>> Reporter: AFTER RETURNING

FROM LAS VEGAS FOR THREE DAYS

THIS WEEK, THE MAN TOOK THE

TRANSIT WITH RUSH HOUR CROWDS,

TO AND FROM WORK, UNTIL HE

SHOWED UP AT A TORONTO HOSPITAL

ON WEDNESDAY.

>> THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED

THAT THEY HAD THE ONSET OF

COUGH, A MILD COUGH.

AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY SYMPTOM.

>> Reporter: THE MAN WHO IS IN

HIS 40s IS NOW RECOVERING AT

HOME.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE RISK TO

PASSENGERS IS LOW, BUT THEY'RE

NOW TRACING WHO THE MAN MIGHT

HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH, WHERE HE

PICKED UP THE CORONAVIRUS ISN'T

CLEAR, LAS VEGAS DOESN'T HAVE A

KNOWN OUTBREAK.

OFFICIALS PREDICT IT'S ONLY A

MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE VIRUS

WILL BE PASSED ON LOCALLY.

>> SHOULD WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE'RE SEEING,

HMM, THERE IS LOCAL

TRANSMISSION, WE NEED TO START

CHANGING OUR APPROACH THEN.

>> Reporter: THE T.T.C. IS

ALREADY DOING THAT, DISINFECTING

VEHICLES MORE FREQUENTLY.

AS FOR PASSENGERS --

>> NOT VERY CONCERNED.

IT'S SAD FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY

IT, BUT DON'T NEED TO PANIC.

>> YOU'RE WONDERING IF THE

PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME IS

INFECTED.

>> SECURITY GUARD HAD IT, THAT

WAS WHACK, BUT HE HANDLED

PROPERLY.

>> Reporter: IF TORONTO

CONTINUES TO SEE UNEXPLAINED

CASES IT COULD CHANGE THE

DEFINITION OF WHO IS AT RISK AND

WHO SHOULD BE TESTED OR EVEN

RETESTED.

>> AND I KNOW IN OTHER

JURISDICTIONS THEY'VE GONE AHEAD

AND TESTED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE,

FOR EXAMPLE, ILL WITH SEVERE

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SO IT

MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THE VIRUS

IN CASES THAT DID NOT HAVE CLEAR

EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: DR. SAMIRA MUBAREKA

IS TAPPING INTO $27 MILLION OF

NEW FEDERAL RESEARCH MONEY TO

STUDY HOW LONG THE CORONAVIRUS

SURVIVES IN THE AIR AND ON

SURFACES.

A KEY UNKNOWN FOR OFFICIALS

TRYING TO PREVENT MORE

TRANSMISSIONS.

VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.

>> Ian: B.C. IS HOME TO CANADA'S

FIRST APPARENT CASE OF SO-CALLED

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

THE PROVINCE, LIKE ONTARIO,

REMAINS FOCUSED ON TRACKING AND

CONTAINING THE VIRUS, BUT IT'S

NOT RULING OUT TAKING MORE

EXTREME MEASURES.

>> Reporter: TODAY, B.C.

UNVEILED ITS PLAN TO FIGHT THE

OUTBREAK.

>> IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING VIRUS

TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN AND WE'VE

SEEN THAT GLOBALLY.

>> Reporter: SO FAR THE PROVINCE

HAS 21 CONFIRMED CASES,

INCLUDING ONE PATIENT IN

INTENSIVE CARE.

ONE CASE IS TROUBLING BECAUSE SO

FAR IT CAN'T BE TRACED BACK TO

EARLIER INFECTIONS.

IT HAS OFFICIALS SCRAMBLING,

LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE.

>> THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONE

WE'RE WATCHING CAREFULLY AND

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DETAILED

DETECTIVE WORK BEING DONE IN THE

LAST 24 HOURS.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE BORDER

IN WASHINGTON STATE, THREE NEW

DEATHS WERE CONFIRMED BRINGING

THE TOTAL TO 14.

AFTER A STAFF MEMBER TESTED

POSITIVE, THIS UNIVERSITY TOLD

ITS 46,000 STUDENTS AND STAFF TO

STAY HOME.

CLASSES AND EXAMS WILL NOW BE

DONE REMOTELY.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME

IN SEATTLE, COMMUTE TIMES HAVE

BEEN CUT IN HALF.

IN VANCOUVER, SOME THINGS ARE

GOING AHEAD.

70,000 FANS AND PLAYERS FROM 16

COUNTRIES CONVERGE ON B.C. PLACE

STADIUM FOR THE WORLD RUGBY 7s.

THIS TICKET RESELLER SAYS SOME

PEOPLE ARE STAYING AWAY.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE LOCAL

NUMBERS ARE COMING, NO ISSUES

THERE, BUT A LOT OF

INTERNATIONAL GROUPS HAVE

CANCELLED.

>> Reporter: A GROWING NUMBER OF

EVENTS ARE BEING PUT ON HOLD,

INCLUDING A LARGE HOSPITAL

FUNDRAISER.

>> WE'RE GETTING INCREASING

FEEDBACK FROM BOTH GUESTS AND

VOLUNTEERS ABOUT THEIR CONCERN.

>> Reporter: THE B.C. GOVERNMENT

SAYS IT'S PREPARING FOR THINGS

TO GET WORSE, SETTING UP A NEW

TASK FORCE.

>> WE LIVE IN AN INTERDEPENDENT

WORLD AS YOU ALL KNOW AND THERE

ARE ASPECTS OF THIS WE DO NOT

AND CANNOT CONTROL AND WE HAVE

TO BE PREPARED.

>> Reporter: IF AND ONLY IF

THINGS GET WORSE, THE GOVERNMENT

COULD INVOKE ITS POWERS TO

RESTRICT TRAVEL, MAKE SURE THERE

IS FOOD ON STORE SHELVES AND

REALLOCATE HEALTH CARE

RESOURCES.

>> Ian: WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF

YOU THINK YOU'RE INFECTED WITH

COVID-19?

THE FIRST IMPULSE MIGHT BE TO

RUN TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY

WARD.

DAVID COMMON SHOWS US WHY SOME

DOCTORS SAY THAT'S A BAD IDEA.

>> Reporter: IN EXTREME CASES,

THOSE WITH COVID-19 WOULD END UP

LIKE THIS.

UNLESS YOU'RE THIS SICK,

PHYSICIANS DON'T WANT YOU

ANYWHERE NEAR A HOSPITAL.

>> BECAUSE COVID-19 SPARKS FEAR,

I'M GOING TO DIE, THIS IS

SERIOUS, THEY BECOME ALARMED AND

THEY SHOW UP IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

PROBLEM WITH THAT, THEY PUT

OTHERS AT RISK.

>> Reporter: EMERGENCY DOCTOR

LAU

LAU

LAURIE MAZURIK STARTED A

PETITION.

>> I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING

IF CANADA SIGNED IT AND THEY

SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO PROTECT

THESE PEOPLE.

>> Reporter: SOMETHING SHE

BELIEVES SHOULD BE IN PLACE NOW,

SO THOSE WITH MILD SYMPTOMS ARE

KEPT AWAY FROM THOSE MOST

VULNERABLE.

THERE ARE LIMITED EFFORTS NOW TO

HAVE THE TESTING DONE ELSEWHERE.

TORONTO'S MICHAEL GARRON

HOSPITAL IS SETTING UP A DEAD

INDICATED -- DEDICATED CLINIC.

>> IF THEY JUST NEED SCREENS,

WEE

WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO

GET TESTING.

>> OFFSITE?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE NEW FACILITY

SET TO TEST UP TO 150 PEOPLE A

DAY IS THE ONLY ONE ANNOUNCED SO

FAR IN ONTARIO.

THE PROVINCE SAYS PLANNING FOR

MORE COULD BE IN PLACE NEXT

WEEK.

THIS HOSPITAL BELIEVES THE

TIMING IS RIGHT.

>> THERE HAS BEEN VERY LIMITED

NUMBER OF CASES IN ONTARIO RIGHT

NOW, SO TO HAVE BUILT THESE A

MONTH AGO WOULDN'T HAVE MADE

SENSE IN TERMS OF THE NEED IN

THE COMMUNITY.

AS WE START TO SEE THE NUMBER OF

CASES INCREASE IN ONTARIO, WE

WANT TO BE PREPARED.

>> Reporter: WHY NOT JUST HAVE A

FAMILY PHYSICIAN CONDUCT THE

TEST?

IN PART BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A

Q-TIP ALL THE WAY UP THE NOSE

AND THAT PROMPTS PEOPLE TO

COUGH.

IF THEY'RE INFECTED, THAT IS A

PROBLEM TO THE PERSON

ADMINISTERING THE TEST, WHO

LIKELY NEEDS TO WEAR A FACE

SHIELD, SOMETHING MANY FAMILY

PHYSICIANS DON'T HAVE ON HAND.

>> Ian: IF YOU START HAVING THE

FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19,

HEALTH CANADA SAYS TO ISOLATE

YOURSELF AND CALL A HEALTH CARE

PROFESSIONAL OR THE PUBLIC

HEALTH AUTHORITY WHERE YOU LIVE.

IN MOST PROVINCES, DIALING 811

DOES THE TRICK, BUT MANITOBA,

ONTARIO AND NUNAVUT HAVE OTHER

TOLL FREE NUMBERS.

BEFORE YOU GO TO A DOCTOR OR

CLINIC, CALL AHEAD AND ASK FOR

INSTRUCTIONS.

>>> IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GET

INFORMATION FROM INFECTIOUS

DISEASE SPECIALISTS, LIKE

PRASHANTH MURTHY, HE'S THE

CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR

THE NEW VIRUS.

YOU'RE A DOCTOR AS WELL AT

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HERE IN

VANCOUVER.

LET'S START WITH THIS, THE RISK

OF TRANSMISSION IN CANADA

REMAINS LOW.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT IT MEANS WHEN UP GO OUT TO

SCHOOL OR PLACE OF WORK, YOUR