Bc Flu

• ‘Came back with a vengeance’: B.C. doctor urges flu shot as kids return to school

  Dr. David Goldfarb says evidence from the Southern Hemisphere suggests influenza B, which can hit children harder than adults, will be particularly prevalent this year.

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  Sep 2, 2023
  
• BC Children’s Hospital memo single rooms may have to be shared

  In the memo, hospital staff said while it's preferable for patients to be in single rooms, two patients may share a single-patient room “when medically appropriate.”

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  Dec 10, 2022
  
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• ‘Do our part’: B.C. health experts urge masks indoors due to COVID, flu

  As the province has now entered cold and flu season, experts are urging people to wear masks indoors to stop the spread of airborne transmission of respiratory viruses. 

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  Oct 30, 2022
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• B.C. confirms season’s first flu cases, urges vaccination amid COVID pressures

  Officials say it's too soon to tell what flu strain will be dominant this season, but that the four types detected so far are included in this year's vaccine.

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  Nov 4, 2021
• While COVID-19 surges, health officials cautiously optimistic seasonal flu cases dropping

  With all of the alarm about COVID-19, health officials are cautiously optimistic that this year's flu season will be a different story.

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  Nov 18, 2020
• Mild start to B.C. flu season, but officials still recommend vaccine

  The BCCDC says by this time last year, there were already five to 10 times as many reported flu cases.

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  Oct 4, 2018