Canadian Minister of Health is Patty Hajdu and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland discussed for reporters the formation of a federal Cabinet task force, convened by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to tackle the federal response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

In a news release issued Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s office said the committee will “complement the work being done by the Incident Response Group” and will meet regularly to “ensure whole-of-government leadership, coordination and preparedness for a response to the health and economic impacts of the virus.”

The novel coronavirus was first detected in China’s Hubei province late last year. In the months since, the disease caused by the virus, COVID-19, has infected more than 90,000 people across the globe, and has killed more than 3,100.

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