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Ottawa reports sixth swine flu-related death
Updated: Wed Nov. 04 2009 18:16:43
ctvottawa.ca
Ottawa health officials have confirmed the city's sixth swine flu-related death since the spring.
Although the male patient suffered from chronic health conditions, officials would not confirm the victim's age.
This marks the second swine flu-related death in the capital since the beginning of September. There have been 213 confirmed cases of swine flu in the last two months. Seven patients were hospitalized and 44 confirmed cases were reported this week alone.
In Ontario, 37 people have died from the H1N1 virus since April. Four of those deaths have been reported since Monday.
Although health officials maintain everyone who wants the vaccine will be vaccinated by Christmas, there is still no word on when it will be available to the general public.
"We will make that decision once we have a sense of what we're getting in terms of quantity and when," said Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health.
The next group to be given priority for the vaccine will include school-aged children, said King. However, the province does not have a timeline on when that will happen. So far in Ottawa, school-aged children have not been turned away.
Ontario is expected to receive another 189,000 individual doses of the H1N1 vaccine next week. There will also be a good supply of the unadjuvanted vaccine for women who are fewer than 20 weeks pregnant, said Health Minister Deb Matthews.
In Ottawa, 5,500 doses of the unadjuvanted vaccine will be made available to pregnant women starting on Thursday.
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...T_Swine_Death_091104/20091104/?hub=OttawaHome
Updated: Wed Nov. 04 2009 18:16:43
ctvottawa.ca
Ottawa health officials have confirmed the city's sixth swine flu-related death since the spring.
Although the male patient suffered from chronic health conditions, officials would not confirm the victim's age.
This marks the second swine flu-related death in the capital since the beginning of September. There have been 213 confirmed cases of swine flu in the last two months. Seven patients were hospitalized and 44 confirmed cases were reported this week alone.
In Ontario, 37 people have died from the H1N1 virus since April. Four of those deaths have been reported since Monday.
Although health officials maintain everyone who wants the vaccine will be vaccinated by Christmas, there is still no word on when it will be available to the general public.
"We will make that decision once we have a sense of what we're getting in terms of quantity and when," said Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health.
The next group to be given priority for the vaccine will include school-aged children, said King. However, the province does not have a timeline on when that will happen. So far in Ottawa, school-aged children have not been turned away.
Ontario is expected to receive another 189,000 individual doses of the H1N1 vaccine next week. There will also be a good supply of the unadjuvanted vaccine for women who are fewer than 20 weeks pregnant, said Health Minister Deb Matthews.
In Ottawa, 5,500 doses of the unadjuvanted vaccine will be made available to pregnant women starting on Thursday.
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...T_Swine_Death_091104/20091104/?hub=OttawaHome