PM convenes Incident Response Group, as feds, provinces ramp-up co-ordinated response to coronavirus

'The situation is changing almost hourly and our public health system needs to be ready to adapt to any sudden change in the current situation,' says SFU's Kelley Lee.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu is pictured speaking with reporters in the West Block following Question Period on Jan. 27. The minister is among the members of the government's Incident Response Group, which convened on Jan. 27 to discuss the coronavirus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

January 29, 2020

Canada’s co-ordinated response to the novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 100 in China ramped-up dramatically this week, with a new special advisory committee announced the same day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened Canada’s Incident Response Group to discuss the outbreak. T...

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