The federal government has given the green light to a Saskatchewan lab to start work on developing a vaccine for the coronavirus.
The International Vaccine Centre at the University of Saskatchewan has made other successful vaccines for other coronavirus strains.
Meantime, at least eight cities in central China have been locked down as the number of cases climbs to 830 with 26 deaths.
China is working to build a hospital dedicated to treating infected patients only.
Meantime, Canada's chief medical officer says Canada will not be installing thermal scanners in our major airports to detect potential carriers of the disease.
She says during the SARS crisis, Canada scanned millions of people and didn't detect a single case.
Instead, international travellers are being asked to self report to customs officials if they land in Canada and have a fever.