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1 new probable coronavirus case reported in Yukon, linked to travel
coronavirus has been detected in Yukon Territory, health officials say.In a press release issued Saturday evening, the territory’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Brendan Hanley, said the new probable case was identified via a Genexpert rapid test.Officials are now awaiting confirmation from a laboratory in British Columbia.According to the release, the potentially infected person is from Whitehorse, and received care at the Whitehorse General Hospital’s emergency department.“The person is currently stable and safely self-isolating,” the release reads.