Confirmed flu cases hit 69 stat : theobserver

More than 25,000 flu shots were administered by Lambton Public Health, health-care providers and pharmacies during the last flu season from November 2015 to April 2016.tkula@postmedia.com As Petrolia's hospital faces a flu outbreak, the tally of lab-confirmed influenza cases so far this season stands at 69, says a Lambton Public Health supervisor. People can still get flu shots, but the vaccine is more effective at the start of the season, she said. Three of the 69 are B, the rest A-strain, with the majority H3N2 – a good match for this year's vaccine, she said. Some B-strain cases are starting to surface, indicating the season may be subsiding, she said.




Zhang concluded that the risk of human-to-human transmission with H7N9 bird flu remains low. They concluded that risk from H5N8 and H7N9 remains low but that it is "likely further sporadic cases will continue to be reported," Zhang said. Viruses from three recent human H7N9 cases also showed genetic changes that make them more pathogenic -- or harmful -- in birds. The virus mainly infects birds, but certain strains, or types, have mutated to transmit from birds to humans. China is experiencing its fifth wave of human infections with the H7N9 strain of the virus since 2013.


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