HANOMANSING.

TONIGHT, CONCERNS THE

CORONAVIRUS IS ENTERING A NEW

PHASE IN CANADA, CIRCULATING IN

THE COMMUNITY.

FROM MAT MASS TRANSIT TO PUBLIC

GATHERINGS.

>> WE NEED TO START CHANGING OUR

APPROACH.

>> Ian: AND WHY SOME DOCTORS

SAY, IF YOU'RE SICK, DON'T GO TO

THE E.R.

>> RIGHT NOW I'M JUST WAITING TO

HUG HIM.

>> Ian: A TEEN BOY RESCUED AFTER

HE WAS ABDUCTED, TAKEN AS

COLLATERAL FOR A STEP BROTHER'S

DRUG DEBT.

>>> THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> HE NEVER LEFT HER ALONE.

>> AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.

THE CIRCLE OF SUPPORT THAT SOME

SAY IS SAVING LIVES.

CANADIAN HOCKEY'S FIRST OLYMPIC

CHAMPIONS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.

>> THIS WAS AN UNDERDOG STORY

THAT ENDED UP BEING A MOMENTOUS

CANADIAN STORY.

>> Ian: A NEW TRIBUTE FOR A

HISTORY-MAKING TEAM.

THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".

IN AN EPIDEMIC, FEAR CAN EASILY

OUTRUN FACTS.

A DAY AFTER WE LEARNED OF THE

FIRST COVID-19 CASE IN CANADA

WITH NO DIRECT LINK TO TRAVEL,

THE FEAR IS THE VIRUS IS

RAMPANT.

THE FACTS SAYING THE EXPERTS,

NOT HERE, NOT NOW.

HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE ACTING AS

DISEASE DETECTIVES, TRACKING

CASES OF THE VIRUS, ISOLATING

THOSE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH

IT.

THE RISK, OFFICIALS STRESS,

REMAINS LOW, ALTHOUGH

YESTERDAY'S B.C. CASE OF

APPARENT COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION

IS A SIGN THE CLOCK IS TICKING.

FOR THE MOST PART, CANADA IS

DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL CASES OR

SMALL CLUSTERS LINKED TO TRAVEL

OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.

YET, VIK ADHOPIA HAS THE STORY

OF ONE CASE.

>> Reporter: AFTER RETURNING

FROM LAS VEGAS FOR THREE DAYS

THIS WEEK, THE MAN TOOK THE

TRANSIT WITH RUSH HOUR CROWDS,

TO AND FROM WORK, UNTIL HE

SHOWED UP AT A TORONTO HOSPITAL

ON WEDNESDAY.

>> THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED

THAT THEY HAD THE ONSET OF

COUGH, A MILD COUGH.

AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY SYMPTOM.

>> Reporter: THE MAN WHO IS IN

HIS 40s IS NOW RECOVERING AT

HOME.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE RISK TO

PASSENGERS IS LOW, BUT THEY'RE

NOW TRACING WHO THE MAN MIGHT

HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH, WHERE HE

PICKED UP THE CORONAVIRUS ISN'T

CLEAR, LAS VEGAS DOESN'T HAVE A

KNOWN OUTBREAK.

OFFICIALS PREDICT IT'S ONLY A

MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE VIRUS

WILL BE PASSED ON LOCALLY.

>> SHOULD WE FIND OURSELVES IN A

CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE WE'RE SEEING,

HMM, THERE IS LOCAL

TRANSMISSION, WE NEED TO START

CHANGING OUR APPROACH THEN.

>> Reporter: THE T.T.C. IS

ALREADY DOING THAT, DISINFECTING

VEHICLES MORE FREQUENTLY.

AS FOR PASSENGERS --

>> NOT VERY CONCERNED.

IT'S SAD FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY

IT, BUT DON'T NEED TO PANIC.

>> YOU'RE WONDERING IF THE

PERSON SITTING NEXT TO ME IS

INFECTED.

>> SECURITY GUARD HAD IT, THAT

WAS WHACK, BUT HE HANDLED

PROPERLY.

>> Reporter: IF TORONTO

CONTINUES TO SEE UNEXPLAINED

CASES IT COULD CHANGE THE

DEFINITION OF WHO IS AT RISK AND

WHO SHOULD BE TESTED OR EVEN

RETESTED.

>> AND I KNOW IN OTHER

JURISDICTIONS THEY'VE GONE AHEAD

AND TESTED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE,

FOR EXAMPLE, ILL WITH SEVERE

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SO IT

MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THE VIRUS

IN CASES THAT DID NOT HAVE CLEAR

EXPOSURE.

>> Reporter: DR. SAMIRA MUBAREKA

IS TAPPING INTO $27 MILLION OF

NEW FEDERAL RESEARCH MONEY TO

STUDY HOW LONG THE CORONAVIRUS

SURVIVES IN THE AIR AND ON

SURFACES.

A KEY UNKNOWN FOR OFFICIALS

TRYING TO PREVENT MORE

TRANSMISSIONS.

VIK ADHOPIA, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.

>> Ian: B.C. IS HOME TO CANADA'S

FIRST APPARENT CASE OF SO-CALLED

COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

THE PROVINCE, LIKE ONTARIO,

REMAINS FOCUSED ON TRACKING AND

CONTAINING THE VIRUS, BUT IT'S

NOT RULING OUT TAKING MORE

EXTREME MEASURES.

>> Reporter: TODAY, B.C.

UNVEILED ITS PLAN TO FIGHT THE

OUTBREAK.

>> IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING VIRUS

TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN AND WE'VE

SEEN THAT GLOBALLY.

>> Reporter: SO FAR THE PROVINCE

HAS 21 CONFIRMED CASES,

INCLUDING ONE PATIENT IN

INTENSIVE CARE.

ONE CASE IS TROUBLING BECAUSE SO

FAR IT CAN'T BE TRACED BACK TO

EARLIER INFECTIONS.

IT HAS OFFICIALS SCRAMBLING,

LOOKING FOR THE SOURCE.

>> THAT INVESTIGATION IS ONE

WE'RE WATCHING CAREFULLY AND

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DETAILED

DETECTIVE WORK BEING DONE IN THE

LAST 24 HOURS.

>> Reporter: ACROSS THE BORDER

IN WASHINGTON STATE, THREE NEW

DEATHS WERE CONFIRMED BRINGING

THE TOTAL TO 14.

AFTER A STAFF MEMBER TESTED

POSITIVE, THIS UNIVERSITY TOLD

ITS 46,000 STUDENTS AND STAFF TO

STAY HOME.

CLASSES AND EXAMS WILL NOW BE

DONE REMOTELY.

SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STAYING HOME

IN SEATTLE, COMMUTE TIMES HAVE

BEEN CUT IN HALF.

IN VANCOUVER, SOME THINGS ARE

GOING AHEAD.

70,000 FANS AND PLAYERS FROM 16

COUNTRIES CONVERGE ON B.C. PLACE

STADIUM FOR THE WORLD RUGBY 7s.

THIS TICKET RESELLER SAYS SOME

PEOPLE ARE STAYING AWAY.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE LOCAL

NUMBERS ARE COMING, NO ISSUES

THERE, BUT A LOT OF

INTERNATIONAL GROUPS HAVE

CANCELLED.

>> Reporter: A GROWING NUMBER OF

EVENTS ARE BEING PUT ON HOLD,

INCLUDING A LARGE HOSPITAL

FUNDRAISER.

>> WE'RE GETTING INCREASING

FEEDBACK FROM BOTH GUESTS AND

VOLUNTEERS ABOUT THEIR CONCERN.

>> Reporter: THE B.C. GOVERNMENT