Health committee  That is what we call the incubation period, and it seems to be a whole range, anywhere from one day to 14 days. In the majority of cases—and that number is recalibrated every single day—the general incubation period is estimated to be five to six days right now, but you will have

Health committee  As I've said, the details of that are being worked out. However, the Chinese authorities will not let anyone who might be infected on the plane. The rest we will be re-assessing with the protocol—

Health committee  The protocol of testing those passengers, all of that, is still being worked out. In China they do have the diagnostic test. No cases and no sick people will be leaving that city.

Health committee  The protocols and the processes will be put in place to ensure we don't impact the Canadian public, but should anything happen on the flight, there are measures to separate anyone who suddenly develops symptoms, for example. We'll be very meticulous on how we work through all tho

Health committee  In Canada we've had three cases. They're all connected to travel to Wuhan. In the other countries, the vast majority are connected to Wuhan. Maybe one of the cases is connected to another area in China. Currently in two countries that are looking at their cases, Japan and Germa

Health committee  As the president already indicated, those very specific processes are still being planned. What I do know, given my communication with the World Health Organization, is that China is not letting anyone leave Wuhan, so there's that sort of containment. Anyone who leaves—and that c

Health committee  I know that the committee is meeting tomorrow morning. I think we need to await the actual deliberations. The final decisions are up to the director general of the World Health Organization.

Health committee  As our president said earlier, 99% of the cases are in China. Of the cases that are related to travel to affected areas of China, there have been, I think, about three instances of human-to-human transmission in a very limited way among close contacts. Every country that's had th

Health committee  Right now, we have protocols in place, together with the provinces and territories, on isolating cases. Certainly, doing rigorous contact tracing and monitoring is the key to preventing any spread from a case in Canada. That, I think, is of primary importance. For other complete

Health committee  I know that the World Health Organization is actively in China looking at the evidence. That is a very key piece of evidence that we are trying to ascertain. We do know something about coronaviruses, given that we've had other coronaviruses that cause anything from a mild illness

Health committee  First of all, I want to acknowledge the work of this committee. There are quite a number of recommendations. I think the government will provide its formal response to those recommendations, and that might address some of the questions you're asking. Regarding some of the exampl

Health committee  I think the treatment guidelines are provided by the infectious disease expertise in the country, so they are not actually part of what the agency does. The research network the minister has spoken about has devoted its attention to looking at diagnosis and treatment. On the dia

Health committee  There are different pockets of funding, if you like. The $4 million for the research network is still at play, so the discussion on how that spending is going to be done is currently being reviewed and evaluated. That's for our research network. Of the funding that we received u

Health committee  Public awareness and detection of Lyme disease is a really important aspect of the federal framework. As you've said, it may not cost very much, but you can actually do quite a bit by looking for positive ticks, for example, in the community and by partnering with different organ

Health committee  I believe the Canadian Blood Services has provided some of the response to this question as well. There has been no evidence to date of any Lyme disease in the blood supply. While not every blood donor is tested, Canadian Blood Services screens out people who are sick. They also