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Mount Allison student diagnosed with mumps
Scott Doherty
Published: a day ago
SACKVILLE, N.B. ? Mount Allison University issued an alert last week confirming a student was diagnosed with the mumps.
?Public Health has confirmed a single case of the mumps in a student attending Mount Allison,? the alert, which was last updated Friday, April 6, stated. ?Anyone who came into close contact with the student has been notified by Public Health, which is part of their normal precautions for certain communicable diseases. The student in question is no longer able to pass on the virus.?...
...A single case of the mumps was also recently reported at the high school in neighbouring Amherst, N.S. In a letter from the area?s chief medical officer of health Dr. Ryan Sommers, Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) students were told Public Health investigates many communicable diseases to prevent spread and protect the health of the public.
?We have determined that you may have been exposed to mumps in the classroom setting,? Sommers said in the letter dated April 4.
Sommers said there has been an increased number of mumps cases in the Halifax area as well as in the Antigonish areas...
Mount Allison student diagnosed with mumps
Scott Doherty
Published: a day ago
SACKVILLE, N.B. ? Mount Allison University issued an alert last week confirming a student was diagnosed with the mumps.
?Public Health has confirmed a single case of the mumps in a student attending Mount Allison,? the alert, which was last updated Friday, April 6, stated. ?Anyone who came into close contact with the student has been notified by Public Health, which is part of their normal precautions for certain communicable diseases. The student in question is no longer able to pass on the virus.?...
...A single case of the mumps was also recently reported at the high school in neighbouring Amherst, N.S. In a letter from the area?s chief medical officer of health Dr. Ryan Sommers, Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) students were told Public Health investigates many communicable diseases to prevent spread and protect the health of the public.
?We have determined that you may have been exposed to mumps in the classroom setting,? Sommers said in the letter dated April 4.
Sommers said there has been an increased number of mumps cases in the Halifax area as well as in the Antigonish areas...