Showing posts with label Swine Flu worries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swine Flu worries. Show all posts

Monday, May 04, 2009

A H1N1 outbreak closes Decker Lake School near Burns Lake


The number has risen to four confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in the Northern Health region, as health officials confirmed today that three students at Decker Lake Elementary school had developed symptoms of the flu.

The cases are reported as mild, but school officials closed the school on Friday as a precaution, the three students with the flu are said to have recovered or are currently recovering from their symptoms.
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The doors however remained closed at Decker Lake elementary on Monday morning, as health and school officials investigated the situation further.
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Decker Lake elementary is home to 159 students from Kindergarten to Grade 7. The SD 91 website had a brief information update posted on their website detailing the need for Friday's closure, no further details on Monday's closure or any other notices have been posted as of yet.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

The swine flu arrives in Northern British Columbia


“The severity of the illness will depend on the person’s level of health, how old you are, how fit you are, some will show nothing, and others will have symptoms.”-- Northern Health doctor William Osei, Medical Health officer for the Interior offering up a synopsis of the potential impact of flu in the Northern health region.

Northern Health has its first confirmed case of swine flu, or the H1N1 virus as its officially known.

A male resident of Prince George, recently returned from Mexico reported in at the Prince George Regional Hospital last Saturday, suffering symptoms of the virus. He had been vacationing in the Cancun region of Mexico and upon his return began to feel ill, it's suspected that his wife may also have become susceptible to the virus.


He is one of eleven reported cases in the province so far of the virus, including one case which has closed a school in Vernon for the next week after a student at Bearisto elementary came down with the virus.

Health officials are expecting more cases of the virus to be reported over the next few weeks as the infection rate rises with more contact with the provinces residents.
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Pandemic Pandemonium (April 2009)

The weekend saw the sudden rise of reported cases of swine flu, with Mexico the apparent starting point for what some fear will become a world wide pandemic.

By Monday morning, the death toll in Mexico had gone over 149 with thousands more suffering symptom of infection.

Reported cases were also listed in the United States, while Canada had six reported cases listed by Monday, two of them in British Columbia. Numerous provincial health departments spending Sunday hosting press conferences to try and keep the flow of information within the realm of fact and not rumour.

The outbreak became the lead item of the news cycle for the various all news networks, all with their particular level of interpretation as to the risk involved.

As the swine flu suddenly wrested the headlines away from the economic troubles, it brought the heavy on graphics and urgent music approach to lead item status. As the media speculates whether the swine flu will be a temporary blip much like the bird flu of a few years ago, or if indeed the next great pandemic is underway.

We will keep track of the news items on the topic here, providing an archive of sorts for the tracking of the flu and any developments from it. The archive will be found in our right hand column under the items of special interest banner.


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