Secondary cases of E. coli grow in aftermath of Calgary outbreak: Alberta Health Services
Secondary cases of E. coli grow in aftermath of Calgary outbreak: Alberta Health Services
Parents of children who attended the original daycares that shared a kitchen ignored public health instructions and put their children in other daycares before they tested negative and remained symptom free.
Complete assumption as to why the parents did, but COVID showed a lot of cases where people defied health orders, as they couldn’t financially survive with losing a couple days of work as they we’re already so tight. And that was before we hit post-COVID inflation! Not to defend their actions, but I can see how this came to be.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
There are now 348 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli in the city following an outbreak at Calgary daycares, Alberta Health Services said in an update Monday.
That figure includes 27 lab-confirmed secondary cases, which is an increase of four since Saturday, said the emailed statement from the provincial health body.
The outbreak has sent children to hospital and some are on dialysis after developing hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disease which affects the kidneys.
AHS said MTC Daycare site is not closed, but affected children and staff in the Prominade and McKenzie classrooms are being notified that they are excluded from attending all childcare facilities until they test negative for E. coli and remain symptom free.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said during a media availability at the World Petroleum Congress Monday that the province will soon be at a point where they'll be able to shift into a review of what happened.
She added that the one-time payment she announced last week was designed to be for the first 11 daycares connected to the outbreak, not those with secondary spread.
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