Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/alberta-he...190151448.html Whooping cough outbreak in areas of southern Alberta with low vaccine rates
[The Canadian Press]
June 7, 2017
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. ? The chief medical health officer for an area of southern Alberta says an outbreak of whooping cough is spreading through communities with poor vaccination rates.
Alberta Health Services says there have been 17 confirmed cases of pertussis in the south zone so far this year, with 12 cases just in the last week.
"What is unique about the last 12 ... is that they are linked, and are linked also to geographic communities with extremely low immunization rates," Dr. Vivien Suttorp said Wednesday...
[The Canadian Press]
June 7, 2017
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. ? The chief medical health officer for an area of southern Alberta says an outbreak of whooping cough is spreading through communities with poor vaccination rates.
Alberta Health Services says there have been 17 confirmed cases of pertussis in the south zone so far this year, with 12 cases just in the last week.
"What is unique about the last 12 ... is that they are linked, and are linked also to geographic communities with extremely low immunization rates," Dr. Vivien Suttorp said Wednesday...
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