There is a case of COVID-19 in Alberta, Canada, on 2/5/20.
Around the same time, social media users reported a coronavirus case in Terwillegar, a neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta’s capital., , However, these rumors are false. “There are no probable or confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Alberta at this time,” Tom McMillan, spokesman for the provincial health ministry, told AFP by email on February 5, 2020., McMillan added that risk for Albertans is still considered low, and that “there have been no official quarantine orders issued in Alberta.”, The province is tracking confirmed and probable cases of the virus nationwide and providing information on this web page., As of February 4, four Canadians are confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus strain, and one is presumed to be infected., Three of the cases are in the central province of Ontario, and two are in British Columbia, on Canada’s west coast., As of February 5, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has\xa0exceeded 27,000, and more than\xa0550 people have died from the virus., Despite the absence of the new coronavirus in Alberta, local news organizations report that restaurants and shops in Calgary’s Chinatown have seen business decrease as fears of potential contamination mount., The novel coronavirus is\xa0the subject of misinformation around the world. You can consult AFP’s fact-checks\xa0on the virus in Canada here and here., , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
False novel coronavirus warnings circulating in Alberta | AFP Fact Check