B.C. Canada: 2012 Whooping cough outbreaks

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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...ough-hope.html

Whooping cough outbreak detected in Hope
CBC News
Posted: Jan 4, 2012 10:26 AM PT
Last Updated: Jan 4, 2012 10:24 AM PT

Health officials are warning there has been an outbreak of whooping cough in the Hope area of the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver.

There were 15 cases reported in December and another five since August, according to a statement issued by the Fraser Health Authority on Wednesday morning.

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Source: http://www.agassizharrisonobserver.c...137683428.html

Whooping cough now being seen in Agassiz and Harrison
By Jessica Peters - Agassiz Observer
Published: January 19, 2012 10:00 AM
Updated: January 19, 2012 10:10 AM

Fraser Health issued a health alert to easter Fraser Valley residents this morning, warning of an outbreak of whooping cough.

The outbreak was first reported in Hope in early January. Now, cases are being seen in the Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs area. The warning is being issued in Agassiz, Harrison, Hope and Chilliwack...

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Source: http://www.royalcityrecord.com/healt...650/story.html

Whooping cough numbers on the rise
But isolated cases in the region may be normal annual occurrences, not a spread of the outbreak

By Christina Myers, The Record February 10, 2012

The isolated pocket of about 20 cases of whooping cough in Hope at the start of the year has travelled to nearby Chilliwack - and grown to more than 100 cases.

And there could well be significantly more cases that are going unidentified and unreported.

"The true number is probably about three times that," said Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin, medical health officer with the Fraser Health Authority...

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Source: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Whoo...018/story.html

Whooping cough spreads in Fraser Valley
By Elaine O'Connor, The Province February 23, 2012 12:08 PM


Whooping cough continues to spread in the Fraser Valley, with at least 140 cases confirmed to date since the outbreak was first reported in December.

“Certainly we are seeing numbers this year we haven’t seen for five or six years now,” said Fraser Health spokesman Roy Thorpe-Dorward. “We know the real count is significantly higher because so many cases go unreported.”

The outbreak began in Hope last year and spread to Chilliwack and Agassiz early this year. There were 80 confirmed cases in Hope between August 2010 and Jan. 11.

Since then, other cases have been identified in Langley, Surrey and Maple Ridge and the Fraser Health Authority put out an advisory on Feb. 20 that “the pertussis outbreak … may be spreading more broadly.”

Since then, Thorpe-Dorward said, it has spread again to White Rock, Burnaby, Abbotsford and Coquitlam...


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Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/health/W...185/story.html

Whooping cough outbreak spreads west from Fraser Valley
With whooping cough cases popping up around the Fraser Health Region, authorities are now recommending all adults and youth who are in regular contact with kids should be immunized

By Christina Myers, Burnaby NOW February 24, 2012 11:09 AM

As cases of whooping cough pop up throughout the Fraser Health region, medical authorities here are now expanding their adult vaccination recommendations beyond the original outbreak zone in Hope and Chilliwack...

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Re: B.C. Canada: 2012 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.langleyadvance.com/health...609/story.html

Whooping cough is here

Fraser Health is organizing vaccinations to put the brakes on a whooping cough outbreak

By Matthew Claxton, Langley Advance February 28, 2012 2:23 AM

The whooping cough outbreak in the Fraser Valley has spread to Langley, and health authorities are urging increased vaccinations.

There are just two confirmed cases in Langley and five in Surrey, with 150 confirmed or suspected cases around the region. However, there are likely many other cases that have not yet come to the attention of doctors...

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Source: http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local.../19526581.html

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Other Cities
Whooping cough outbreak reaches 200 people

By MICHAEL MUI, 24 HOURS

The whooping cough outbreak in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley has now infected 200 people, according to Fraser Health?s latest figures.

The health authority continues to urge residents to visit local pharmacies and physicians for a free vaccine ? 24,000 shots have already been distributed to various health agencies...

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Re: B.C. Canada: 2012 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...vancouver.html

Whooping cough spreading into Metro Vancouver
Free vaccines offered for at risk groups after 38 cases detected.
CBC News
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 1:55 PM PT
Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 1:53 PM PT

A whooping cough outbreak in the Fraser Valley appears to be spreading into Metro Vancouver with 38 confirmed cases detected across the region in January, health officials say.

Vancouver Coastal Health that's more than three times the usual number of cases for this time period, and as a result it is now offering free vaccines to pregnant women, their partners and for anyone with children under 18 months...

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Source: http://www.vancouversun.com/Whooping...731/story.html

Whooping cough outbreak in Fraser Valley continues to grow
Vancouver Sun April 19, 2012 10:19 AM

METRO VANCOUVER - The Fraser Health Authority reports that the whooping cough outbreak in its region is continuing to grow, with more than 255 cases since early December, including 45 new cases since early March.

Fraser Health said in a news release issued today that the actual number of cases is likely much higher.

The authority is urging adults who are in regular contact with young children, including pregnant women and their partners, to get the free whooping cough vaccine...

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Source: http://www.theprovince.com/news/whoo...432/story.html

B.C. whooping cough outbreak slowing, remains a concern to local officials
By ELAINE O?CONNOR, The Province July 24, 2012 1:24 PM

Almost three hundred cases of whooping cough have been reported among Fraser Valley residents in the past nine months.

The recent outbreak ? part of the upward trend in pertussis infections in Canada and the U.S. in the past year ? is slowing now, but remains a concern for Fraser Health officials.

Of the 295 probable and reported cases, 247 were confirmed whooping cough in laboratory tests since the outbreak?s start in November 2011 to July 7, according to Fraser Health spokesman Roy Thorpe-Dorward...

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Re: B.C. Canada: 2012 Whooping cough outbreaks

Source: http://www.straight.com/article-8052...es-spread-city


Whooping cough continues to spread in Vancouver
R?ka Gustafson of Vancouver Coastal Health says this outbreak is significant.
By Gail Johnson, October 10, 2012

Vancouver is in the midst of a whooping-cough outbreak. And according to Vancouver Coastal Health?s medical director of communicable-disease control, things could get worse before they get better.

?We are still getting new cases,? medical health officer R?ka Gustafson says in a phone interview. ?One reason we are being cautious is that it can take up to about three weeks from the time someone is exposed to pertussis [whooping cough] to get sick. School?s been back in for about a month. We?re monitoring carefully for any increase in cases with the school year back in session...?

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Source: http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailyn...7-512e34c97102

Whooping cough hits Gabriola Island
Tamara Cunningham, Daily News
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012

Four confirmed cases of whooping cough on Gabriola Island has health officials urging parents to vaccinate their children.

Vancouver Island Health Authority is reporting an "unusual" number of whooping cough cases on Gabriola Island this week, with the third and fourth cases confirmed Thursday (two are children)...