ON, Canada: 2015 Whooping cough

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Source: http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2015/07/24/whooping-cough-outbreak-in-southern-bruce-county

Whooping cough outbreak in southern Bruce County
By Tracey Richardson, Sun Times, Owen Sound
Friday, July 24, 2015 3:05:48 EDT PM

BRUCE COUNTY - An outbreak of whooping cough has sickened 39 people in southern Bruce County and more than 200 in neighbouring Huron County.

The outbreak began in May in the Amish and Mennonite communities, according to Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hazel Lynn.

?About every three years we get a little blip (in the numbers), but this is a larger blip than we've had previously,? she said after Friday's public health board meeting.

Until this outbreak, there were just 29 cases in Grey-Bruce over the last three years.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, has an immunization rate of 90% in Grey-Bruce...

 

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Source: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/whooping-cough-outbreak-in-huron-county-1.2493063


Whooping cough outbreak in Huron County
CTV Kitchener
Published Wednesday, July 29, 2015 12:39PM EDT

Health officials are urging adults to get immunized after an outbreak of whooping cough in Huron County.

There have been 255 reported cases since May and officials say most of them were not immunized...

 

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Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/2378872/w...-elementary-school-in-london-ont-health-unit/


December 3, 2015 5:18 pm
Updated: December 3, 2015 5:19 pm
Whooping cough outbreak at elementary school in London, Ont.: health unit
By The Canadian Press


LONDON, Ont. ? A whooping cough outbreak at a London, Ont., school has the Middlesex London Health Unit reminding parents to check their children?s vaccinations.

The health unit says there has been an increased number of cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in the London area...

 

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Source: http://www.timminspress.com/2015/12/02/concern-over-rise-in-whooping-cough-cases


Concern over rise in whooping cough cases
Daily Press mobile multimedia journalist Ron Grech.
By Ron Grech, The Daily Press (Timmins)
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 9:29:18 EST PM

TIMMINS - The Porcupine Health Unit is reporting a rise in the number of pertussis (?whooping cough?) cases in Cochrane District.

?Normally, we have two or three cases a year; right now our numbers have doubled,? said Chantal Porter, coordinator of the infectious diseases department for the local health unit...