Peak flu season hits BC with officials warning about outbreaks
KAMLOOPS — Peak flu season has now hit B.C. and there are concerns about outbreaks across the province.
Island Health says there are outbreaks of Influenza A already in long-term care facilities in the Nanaimo and Parksville areas, along with reports from across Vancouver Island and the mainland of people with confirmed cases of the flu.
In the interior, four deaths “directly attributed to the outbreak” of influenza at care facilities have been reported so far this flu season.
In the 2016/17 flu season, 37 seniors died in Interior Health Authority (IHA) care facilities where influenza outbreaks were declared.