MONTREAL -- There is a new probable case of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Quebec, according to the province's health ministry.
Tests performed at the Quebec Public Health Laboratory have come back positive. Based on established procedures, a confirmatory analysis will take place in Manitoba by the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
The man had returned from a trip to India and was treated in Mont-Laurier, in the Laurentians, the health ministry confirmed.
There will be full investigation into how many members of medical staff came in contact with the patient and to ensure all the proper protocols were followed, said Denis Provencher, interim president of nurses' union the FIQ des Laurentides.
The patient was transferred to the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, one of four designated quarantine units in the province.
He has been admitted to hospital and is in stable condition under quarantine, the Jewish General Hospital said in a news release.
This could be the 35th case of COVID-19 reported in Canada, and the second in Quebec. The woman diagnosed with the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Quebec has returned home under self-isolation after being evaluated at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.
In total across the province, 33 people are currently under investigation and so far 203 people have been cleared after a negative test for COVID-19.
The rest of the infected patients in Canada are in Ontario and British Columbia.
The health ministry wants to remind people that the overall risk of being infected with the coronavirus is still considered low in Quebec. Recognized hygiene measures, such as hand washing, remain the best way to prevent infections.
- With reporting from The Canadian Press
