BC, Canada: Meningococcal disease reported in Thompson-Cariboo region- outbreak over

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Source: https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/meningococcal-disease-reported-thompson-cariboo-region/

Meningococcal disease reported in Thompson-Cariboo region
By Dale Bass -
December 29, 2017 0

A sixth case of meningococcal disease has been identified in the B.C. Interior, this time in the Thompson-Cariboo region, but Interior Health is not releasing many details, including the community where the patient lives.

Medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil would only say the patient is younger than the age group that has been affected by an outbreak in the Okanagan region, where there have been five cases reported in the past six months. Of the six, there has been one death, three patients have experienced severe effects from the disease and two had a moderate reaction...

 

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/meningitis-outbreak-declared-over-okanagan-1.4535598


Interior Health declares end to meningococcal disease outbreak
Thousands immunized following 12 confirmed cases and one death

By Jaimie Kehler, CBC News Posted: Feb 14, 2018 12:46 PM PT Last Updated: Feb 14, 2018 12:46 PM PT

B.C. Interior Health has declared an end to the meningococcal disease outbreak in the Okanagan after no new cases have been confirmed.

The health authority declared the outbreak in December following 12 confirmed cases and one death in the southern Interior.

But health officials say there have been no additional cases since December 28...