Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Seven more dead from H1N1
Canwest News ServiceNovember 9, 2009 7:02 PM
Seven more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus were confirmed Monday, as Health Canada announced a webcast to be held Tuesday to discuss how one of the most vulnerable populations ? First Nations people ? can best combat the illness. In this file photo, Canadian scientists work on sequencing the H1N1 virus in a Winnipeg laboratory.Photograph by: Karoly Arvai, ReutersSeven more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus were confirmed Monday, as Health Canada announced a webcast to be held Tuesday to discuss how one of the most vulnerable populations ? First Nations people ? can best combat the illness.
The virus contributed to five deaths in Alberta, bringing the toll in that province to 25, while a 48-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman from Newfoundland and Labrador also died from complications associated with the virus.
Alberta Health Services also announced plans to begin inoculating children under 10 starting Tuesday.
Along with children with diabetes, obesity, cancer and Down syndrome, the agency lists children living in group living facilities as being eligible. The children will need proof of age and, if applicable, documentation regarding prescriptions or a description of the condition.
Health Canada, meanwhile, issued a news release saying that Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Shawn Atleo, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, would co-host the First Nations H1N1 Virtual Summit.
The two will take part in the webcast which intends to "First Nations communities across the country with the opportunity to exchange information on H1N1 preparedness/actions" with Atleo and Aglukkaq
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Seven+more+dead+from+H1N1/2203506/story.html
Canwest News ServiceNovember 9, 2009 7:02 PM
Seven more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus were confirmed Monday, as Health Canada announced a webcast to be held Tuesday to discuss how one of the most vulnerable populations ? First Nations people ? can best combat the illness. In this file photo, Canadian scientists work on sequencing the H1N1 virus in a Winnipeg laboratory.Photograph by: Karoly Arvai, ReutersSeven more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus were confirmed Monday, as Health Canada announced a webcast to be held Tuesday to discuss how one of the most vulnerable populations ? First Nations people ? can best combat the illness.
The virus contributed to five deaths in Alberta, bringing the toll in that province to 25, while a 48-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman from Newfoundland and Labrador also died from complications associated with the virus.
Alberta Health Services also announced plans to begin inoculating children under 10 starting Tuesday.
Along with children with diabetes, obesity, cancer and Down syndrome, the agency lists children living in group living facilities as being eligible. The children will need proof of age and, if applicable, documentation regarding prescriptions or a description of the condition.
Health Canada, meanwhile, issued a news release saying that Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Shawn Atleo, the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, would co-host the First Nations H1N1 Virtual Summit.
The two will take part in the webcast which intends to "First Nations communities across the country with the opportunity to exchange information on H1N1 preparedness/actions" with Atleo and Aglukkaq
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Seven+more+dead+from+H1N1/2203506/story.html