Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with Minister of Health Patty Hajdu (L) and Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, attends a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada committed C$1 billion (£566 million) to fight the spread of the coronavirus in the country and is ready to do more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday as his government took its first economic measures to contain a worsening outbreak.
The country has recorded 93 confirmed cases of the highly contagious coronavirus and one death. On Wednesday, Canada's capital, Ottawa, reported its first case, and the Quebec provincial government cancelled the World Figure Skating Championships scheduled for Montreal next week.
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