A steady flu season

Much of the country is seeing a slow rise in cases of the flu this season with no big outbreaks taking place.

Dr. Paul Hasselback, the Central Island Medical Health Officer with Island Health says it’s not much different in our area…..

It’s bad, he says, because it makes people forget that the flu is still out there in our community, it’s still making people sick, and there have been some fatalities as a result of it.
Sharon Vanhouwe
Sharon Vanhouwe
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