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

Xavier Marchand-Senécal,Robert A. Kozak,Samira Mubareka,Natasha Salt,Jonathan B. Gubbay,Alireza Eshaghi,Vanessa Allen,Yan Li,Natalie Bastien,Matthew W. Gilmour,Omar Ozaldin,Jerome A. Leis

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

2020

Xavier Marchand-Senécal
Robert A. Kozak
Samira Mubareka
Natasha Salt
Jonathan B. Gubbay
Alireza Eshaghi
Vanessa Allen
Yan Li
Natalie Bastien
Matthew W. Gilmour
Omar Ozaldin
Jerome A. Leis

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.

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severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
2019 20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019
Medicine
Pandemic
Virology
Coronavirus
Infection control

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