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B.C. 2015 influenza outbreak approaching 10-year maximum for medical visits
B.C. Centre for Disease Control says long-term care facilities being hit particularly hard
CBC News Posted: Jan 03, 2015 1:16 PM PT Last Updated: Jan 03, 2015 1:31 PM PT
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting a "sharp increase" in the number of influenza cases.
Epidemiologist Dr. Danuta Skowronski said the outbreak is consistent with a mutated H3N2 season, a flu virus that Skowronski described as "particularly nasty" and from which this year's flu vaccine does not offer full protection.
"We?re having a huge number of long-term care facility outbreaks reported to us," she said. "Yesterday (Jan 2), my team was struggling to keep up with the number of reports that were coming in."
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Skowronski said this year's strain is hitting the elderly, the very young, or people of any age with chronic medical conditions, particularly hard...
B.C. 2015 influenza outbreak approaching 10-year maximum for medical visits
B.C. Centre for Disease Control says long-term care facilities being hit particularly hard
CBC News Posted: Jan 03, 2015 1:16 PM PT Last Updated: Jan 03, 2015 1:31 PM PT
The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting a "sharp increase" in the number of influenza cases.
Epidemiologist Dr. Danuta Skowronski said the outbreak is consistent with a mutated H3N2 season, a flu virus that Skowronski described as "particularly nasty" and from which this year's flu vaccine does not offer full protection.
"We?re having a huge number of long-term care facility outbreaks reported to us," she said. "Yesterday (Jan 2), my team was struggling to keep up with the number of reports that were coming in."
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Skowronski said this year's strain is hitting the elderly, the very young, or people of any age with chronic medical conditions, particularly hard...