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Chicken pox outbreak in Pilbara schools
Taylar Amonini
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 4:37AM
Pilbara parents have been warned to keep sick children at home as chicken pox runs rampant through the Pilbara.
In the past four weeks, WA Country Health Services have seen 10 confirmed cases of chicken pox at two Hedland primary schools with additional confirmed cases this week at Hedland Senior High School and Karratha Senior High School.
WACHS Pilbara Public Health Physician Dr Heather Lyttle said the rash was initially small red raised spots that develop into small blisters or pustules, which then scab, dry and heal...
Chicken pox outbreak in Pilbara schools
Taylar Amonini
Wednesday, 6 September 2017 4:37AM
Pilbara parents have been warned to keep sick children at home as chicken pox runs rampant through the Pilbara.
In the past four weeks, WA Country Health Services have seen 10 confirmed cases of chicken pox at two Hedland primary schools with additional confirmed cases this week at Hedland Senior High School and Karratha Senior High School.
WACHS Pilbara Public Health Physician Dr Heather Lyttle said the rash was initially small red raised spots that develop into small blisters or pustules, which then scab, dry and heal...