NB, Canada: 2024 Whooping cough

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Source: https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/n-b-whooping-cough-outbreak-grows-to-19-cases-1.6949027

N.B. whooping cough outbreak grows to 19 cases
Nick Moore
CTV News Atlantic Journalist

Published July 2, 2024 7:07 p.m. EDT

New Brunswick Public Health says an outbreak of whooping cough on the Acadian Peninsula has grown to 19 cases, as of Tuesday.

Last week, public health reported nine cases in Zone 6 (which includes Bathurst) since mid-June.

Typically, the area has no more than four cases within the entirety of a typical year.​..

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-...ugh-outbreak-new-brunswick-expanded-1.7302266

Whooping cough outbreak declared across New Brunswick
141 cases now reported, up from 11 in June when outbreak was declared on Acadian Peninsula
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon · CBC News · Posted: Aug 22, 2024 4:10 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

New Brunswick has declared a provincewide whooping cough outbreak, two months after an outbreak was initially declared on the Acadian Peninsula.

"We are expanding this outbreak to the entire province due to a higher number of cases of whooping cough than usual in multiple health regions," Dr. Yves Léger, acting chief medical officer of health, said in a statement late Thursday afternoon.

A total of 141 cases have been confirmed so far, compared to the five-year average of 34 cases annually, according to the Department of Health.

While most of the cases have been in the Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula region, Zone 6, more than half the new cases in recent weeks are outside that region.​..​