The race is on to limit the spread of the coronavirus after news of an infection at an international mining conference in Toronto attended by more than 23 100 people, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The man, in his 50s, tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the March 1 to 4 gathering at a massive convention center at the edge of Toronto’s financial district. The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference bills itself as the world’s biggest convention of miners, taking in visitors from around the world.
“Our focus is on breaking the chain of transmission to limit the spread of infection and as a precautionary measure, we are asking those who attended PDAC 2020 to monitor for symptoms for 14 days,” according to a statement from Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, the medical officer of health at the local health authority in Sudbury.