Health Minister Patty Hajdu

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, Ottawa is "looking at all options" to help Canadians quarantined in China during the outbreak of a new coronavirus.

Lunar New Year celebrations lit up Vancouver's Chinatown with firecrackers and colourful lion dancers on Sunday, January 26, 2020, though at least one other event in the Lower Mainland was cancelled over fears of the new coronavirus.

The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed on Monday, May 4, 2020, that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been fixed.