Henry said B.C. scientists and health experts are working with others around the world to understand the virus.
“There’s some evidence that this coronavirus is behaving like other coronaviruses, which means that when we have increased UV light and warmer temperatures it tends to fade away.”
That would mean it could come back in the fall like many other respiratory viruses, even with all the measures being taken, Henry said.
“The one caveat to that is when a new virus is introduced into a human population, for which we have no immunity, it may not fade away in the ways we would see once it’s been circulating for a while.”
It’s still unclear how COVID-19 might spread in the months ahead, she said.
