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3 more hospitalized in N.S. with swine flu
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | 5:15 PM AT Comments0Recommend0CBC News
Three more people in Nova Scotia have been hospitalized with swine flu, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 151.
Provincial health officials said Tuesday the three cases were within the Capital District Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre.
Two patients remain in hospital. The one person released was at the IWK, the children's hospital for the Maritimes.
Dr. Maureen Baikie, deputy medical officer of health, said she doesn't know the severity of those cases.
Baikie didn't give any information that could identify the patients, such as their ages, where they are, or whether they have underlying medical conditions. She wouldn't say whether the patient at the IWK was a child or pregnant woman.
Baikie said all three patients contracted the swine flu from the community and that none are related to the case of a sick health-care worker in the district.
"I don't have the details on where these people were exposed, except they were admitted from the community. There's no evidence that they became infected by exposure to a health-care worker," she said.
The number of confirmed cases of the virus in Nova Scotia has climbed to 151 since April. Most cases have been mild. Four patients have been hospitalized.
Baikie said this was not unexpected.
"We have expected as our number of cases increased that we would get some severe cases. That's what's happening in every other province in the country so we expected that it would happen here as well," she said.
Health officials say people should try to protect themselves by washing hands thoroughly and often, covering their mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, and disinfecting surfaces like counters and doorknobs.
3 more hospitalized in N.S. with swine flu
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | 5:15 PM AT Comments0Recommend0CBC News
Three more people in Nova Scotia have been hospitalized with swine flu, increasing the total number of confirmed cases in the province to 151.
Provincial health officials said Tuesday the three cases were within the Capital District Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre.
Two patients remain in hospital. The one person released was at the IWK, the children's hospital for the Maritimes.
Dr. Maureen Baikie, deputy medical officer of health, said she doesn't know the severity of those cases.
Baikie didn't give any information that could identify the patients, such as their ages, where they are, or whether they have underlying medical conditions. She wouldn't say whether the patient at the IWK was a child or pregnant woman.
Baikie said all three patients contracted the swine flu from the community and that none are related to the case of a sick health-care worker in the district.
"I don't have the details on where these people were exposed, except they were admitted from the community. There's no evidence that they became infected by exposure to a health-care worker," she said.
The number of confirmed cases of the virus in Nova Scotia has climbed to 151 since April. Most cases have been mild. Four patients have been hospitalized.
Baikie said this was not unexpected.
"We have expected as our number of cases increased that we would get some severe cases. That's what's happening in every other province in the country so we expected that it would happen here as well," she said.
Health officials say people should try to protect themselves by washing hands thoroughly and often, covering their mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, and disinfecting surfaces like counters and doorknobs.