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H1N1 makes up more than 90% of flu cases in Quebec so far
Flu season is business as usual, says Public Health Director Horacio Arruda
CBC News Posted: Jan 07, 2014 8:33 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 08, 2014 11:33 AM ET
This year's flu season is just like any other, says Quebec's Director of Public Health Horacio Arruda ? even if the majority of the 969 cases already reported are H1N1.
?We are not in a pandemic situation," Arruda said Tuesday afternoon.
He said that since the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, people have had the chance to build up a resistance to the strain, meaning it's far less deadly than it was five years ago.
However, it is spreading quickly...
H1N1 makes up more than 90% of flu cases in Quebec so far
Flu season is business as usual, says Public Health Director Horacio Arruda
CBC News Posted: Jan 07, 2014 8:33 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 08, 2014 11:33 AM ET
This year's flu season is just like any other, says Quebec's Director of Public Health Horacio Arruda ? even if the majority of the 969 cases already reported are H1N1.
?We are not in a pandemic situation," Arruda said Tuesday afternoon.
He said that since the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, people have had the chance to build up a resistance to the strain, meaning it's far less deadly than it was five years ago.
However, it is spreading quickly...