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B.C. recorded four more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and health officials are asking all travellers from China and Iran to isolate themselves for two weeks when they arrive in B.C.

The new cases mean 12 people in B.C. have suffered respiratory infection caused by the new coronavirus, including seven linked to travel to Iran and five linked to travel to China, where the virus originated. Four of those patients have recovered.

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Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, reported three new cases Tuesday afternoon after reporting a single case earlier in the day.

The first of B.C.’s new cases, the 9th overall, is a man in his 50s who recently got home from Iran, Henry told a news conference. Henry said the manlives in the Fraser Health region and is at home in isolation.

The 10th case is a man in his 60s who also returned from Iran. He is in isolation at his home in the Vancouver Coastal Health region. The small number of people he had close contact with are being monitored by Coastal health officials, Henry said.