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  • QC, Canada: Outbreak at recruit centre: more than 1,800 Canadian military personnel given antibiotics

    Source: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/nation...en-antibiotics


    Outbreak at recruit centre: more than 1,800 Canadian military personnel given antibiotics
    David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen
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    Published on: April 7, 2018 | Last Updated: April 7, 2018 3:25 PM EDT

    More than 1,800 military personnel have been given antibiotics after an outbreak of streptococcal infections at a garrison in Quebec.

    Six recruits from the Saint-Jean Garrison were recently hospitalized but have since been released. Of those there was one confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) case and one probable invasive GAS case, according to the Department of National Defence.

    The garrison, located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., is the basic training base for recruits in the Canadian Forces...
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