Flu kills child in Guelph, second child’s genocide might also be from flu

At slightest one child has died from influenza in Guelph, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health confirms. 

It is a area’s initial pediatric genocide by influenza this season, Dr. Nicola Mercer, medical officer of health and CEO of Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health, told CBC K-W.

A second child has also died, also believed to be from influenza, but that has not nonetheless been reliable by open health, Mercer said. 

Public health has not expelled a gender or age of a children, yet Mercer pronounced they were both under a age of 17.

A primogenitor from Westminster Woods Public School told CBC News a deaths were during her child’s school.

“On Wednesday morning, a Grade 7 tyro from Westminster Woods PS upheld away,” pronounced a minute to relatives — performed by CBC News, antiquated Jan. 31. The minute does not contend how a child died.

Another minute antiquated Feb. 6 was sent to relatives that pronounced a open health section has “received calls in new days about a influenza virus.” It did not contend anything about influenza associated deaths.

The parent, who did not wish to be named, told CBC News there has been no presentation from a propagandize that a deaths were influenza related.

The primogenitor also pronounced a second genocide was a child in second category who had cystic fibrosis. 

Cases not related

Mercer would not endorse if a deaths were during a same school, but said a cases are not associated to one another.

“One child did not get a infection from a other child,” Mercer said.

“Influenza is so widely present this year, one can get influenza from any sourroundings either it would be a propagandize or a classroom, or maybe your hockey game, your dance class, song lessons — anywhere people are we can get influenza.”

She pronounced a reliable genocide concerned the strain influenza B, that is widely present in southwestern Ontario. The suspected genocide was also from aria influenza B.

Mercer also pronounced a aria of B that is circulating is a aria of influenza we would be protected from when receiving a influenza shot.

According to Mercer though, a recent Canadian investigate estimates that a vaccine is 55% effective in safeguarding opposite a Influenza B virus.

The Public Health Agency of Canada pronounced in a news antiquated Jan. 27 there have been 5 lab-confirmed flu-related deaths in children so distant this season.

If a second of a dual deaths reported by WDG Public Health is reliable to be influenza related, a sum deaths will go adult to during slightest 7 in a nation, with dual being Guelph children during a same propagandize in reduction than dual weeks. 

In Waterloo segment there have been 13 flu-related deaths this season.

Julie Kalbfleisch, a orator for Waterloo Region Public Health said “no pediatric deaths associated to influenza have been reported to us.”

As of Tuesday, there have been 6,447 lab confirmed cases of influenza in Ontario.

Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/child-guelph-school-flu-influenza-1.4527903?cmp=rss