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Xiaobo Wang has spent the past week in isolation in his southwest Calgary home — and he plans to remain there for another week.

The mechanical engineer recently returned from a trip to the Chinese province of Henan. There’s no indication that Wang has contracted the novel coronavirus — the respiratory disease that has infected about 35,000 worldwide, including seven Canadians — but he’s one of more than 100 Calgarians recently returned home from China who are voluntarily quarantining themselves for two weeks as a precautionary measure.

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“So far, it’s so good. There’s been no indication of symptoms so far,” said Wang. “This is a precaution because I travelled to the airport and I crossed paths with a lot of people.

“It’s a way to protect yourself and protect our society.”

For help obtaining groceries and sanitary supplies, Wang got in touch over social media with members of the Chinese-Calgarian community who have offered to assist those in isolation. More than 150 volunteers are helping deliver food, co-ordinate airport pickups and sanitize spaces used by Calgarians who have recently returned from China, says Crystal Shi, who started the initiative.