The Saskatchewan Medical Association said it doesn't know how many physicians from the province attended the event.ĭoctors Manitoba said in an email that it's aware of three doctors from the province who participated in the bonspiel, all of whom are self-isolating. Woo could have contracted COVID-19 from someone who had recently come from Las Vegas. "Then there was a banquet that had about 45 attendees." The event had more than 70 curlers but she said she does not know if they were all in the same place at the same time.
Deena Hinshaw, said she was made aware of the positive tests on Thursday morning. "I believe I contracted the COVID-19 virus at this bonspiel."Īlberta's chief medical officer of health, Dr. "This bonspiel is an annual event that usually attracts 50-60 physicians from Western Canada. "I attended a curling bonspiel held March 11-14 in Edmonton," he said in the letter Thursday. Allan Woo, president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, said in a letter to members that he tested positive for the virus Wednesday night. Thursday was another day full of COVID-19 developments across the country.Īn investigation is underway in at least two provinces after a Saskatchewan doctor who attended a curling bonspiel in Edmonton tested positive for COVID-19.ĭr. "I was shocked that day and the next morning and I woke up and had crazy anxiety," Warren said from Vancouver.
One person now out of work, Lisa Warren, spoke of the disbelief at learning this week that both her jobs were gone - as a manager in a community centre and as a hotel painter. Distress hotlines have seen a surge in calls and battered women's shelters are bracing themselves. TORONTO - Canadians and their governments scrambled on Thursday to come to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic as case numbers rose, social distancing ramped up, and everyday life morphed into an abnormal new normal that could last months.Īmid growing and widespread economic turmoil, isolation measures that have shuttered bars, restaurants and entertainment venues have idled a dizzying number of workers.
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