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17 new cases of swine flu confirmed in Nova Scotia
Last Updated: Saturday, May 2, 2009 | 3:12 PM ET Comments0Recommend0
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Health officials in Nova Scotia have confirmed 17 new cases of swine flu, bringing the total to 31 in the province, and the national count to 73.
Eleven of the cases are related to the King's-Edgehill school community in Windsor, but the breakdown between students and staff is not known, according to Nova Scotia Department of Health. Six other cases are outside of the school population.
"We have been expecting this and are prepared," said Dr. Robert Strang, chief public health officer for Nova Scotia. "Right now we are working to gather more information about the individual confirmed cases outside of King's-Edgehill."
The cases are all mild, says the health department.
Nova Scotia's first cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed at the private school last weekend. Officials believe students who went on a school trip to Mexico carried the infection back home.
None of the Canadian cases have been as severe as those in the Mexican outbreak of the swine flu.
Health officials in Quebec confirmed another case of swine flu in the province on Saturday. There are now two confirmed cases in the province.
The virus, which has been identified as a new strain of the H1N1 subtype of type A influenza, is believed to have originated in Mexico and has since appeared in Canada, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 2, 2009 | 3:12 PM ET Comments0Recommend0
CBC News
Health officials in Nova Scotia have confirmed 17 new cases of swine flu, bringing the total to 31 in the province, and the national count to 73.
Eleven of the cases are related to the King's-Edgehill school community in Windsor, but the breakdown between students and staff is not known, according to Nova Scotia Department of Health. Six other cases are outside of the school population.
"We have been expecting this and are prepared," said Dr. Robert Strang, chief public health officer for Nova Scotia. "Right now we are working to gather more information about the individual confirmed cases outside of King's-Edgehill."
The cases are all mild, says the health department.
Nova Scotia's first cases of the H1N1 virus were confirmed at the private school last weekend. Officials believe students who went on a school trip to Mexico carried the infection back home.
None of the Canadian cases have been as severe as those in the Mexican outbreak of the swine flu.
Health officials in Quebec confirmed another case of swine flu in the province on Saturday. There are now two confirmed cases in the province.
The virus, which has been identified as a new strain of the H1N1 subtype of type A influenza, is believed to have originated in Mexico and has since appeared in Canada, the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.