CALGARY-Alberta Health Services has confirmed that two children that contracted a neurological syndrome with symptoms of paralysis are also confirmed to have had an infection of Enterovirus D68.
Four children were admitted to the Alberta Children’s Hospital last week after developing symptoms which included numbness in either their face or limbs.
On Monday, Dr. Gerry Predy with Alberta Health Services confirmed to Global News that at least two of the children do have Enterovirus D68.
There have been at least thirteen cases of children experiencing symptoms of partial paralysis reported in the last week across Canada. Enterovirus D68 has only been confirmed in some of the cases.
Predy says that the symptoms of paralysis though are not necessarily a result of the virus.
“It doesn’t mean at this point that we’re entirely sure how the causal chain works but given the association in other cities that still is being worked out… so we do know it’s associated.” Preddy explains. “If it does occur after the infection it is a very rare manifestation of the Enterovirus.”
Alberta Health Services confirms there are 52 cases of the virus province wide, 31 of the cases are in Calgary.
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