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Pneumococcal Outbreak Prompts Targeted Immunization
Feb. 01, 2011 at 10:30 am CDT
An outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease is making its way through the city?s downtown and Point Douglas areas, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Warned on Tuesday.
The threat of the disease is severe enough for the WRHA to begin organizing mass immunization clinics to protect those who are most vulnerable.
Winnipeg saw 98 cases of the disease in 2010, compared to an average of 55 annually in the previous three years.
The WRHA says the elderly, homeless and those with chronic illness are most at risk...
Pneumococcal Outbreak Prompts Targeted Immunization
Feb. 01, 2011 at 10:30 am CDT
An outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease is making its way through the city?s downtown and Point Douglas areas, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Warned on Tuesday.
The threat of the disease is severe enough for the WRHA to begin organizing mass immunization clinics to protect those who are most vulnerable.
Winnipeg saw 98 cases of the disease in 2010, compared to an average of 55 annually in the previous three years.
The WRHA says the elderly, homeless and those with chronic illness are most at risk...