Mumps outbreak spreading across Canada
Pastor Dale Morgan
Mumps outbreak spreading across Canada*
OTTAWA, May 6 (UPI) -- An outbreak of the mumps that began in the
Canadian province of Nova Scotia has spreaf across the nation, infecting
at least 203 people.
While the initial outbreak in Nova Scotia has lessened recently in areas
like Halifax's Dalhousie University, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
reported Sunday that three cases of the mumps were confirmed in Ontario.
Officials in Nova Scotia called for a comprehensive national strategy to
deal with the outbreak.
"I just think this needs to be coordinated from a national perspective
and we are in ongoing discussions with the Public Health Agency (of
Canada)," said Nova Scotia heath official Robert Strang.
"Nova Scotia can lead in this because we're the one learning," he added.
"We're on the front lines on this and other provinces can learn from us."
The CBC warned that individuals born between 1970 and 1992 are most at
risk for the mumps, a disease that can potentially lead to sterility and
deafness.