Low rates of childhood vaccinations in Alberta rural communities as whooping cough warning issued
Alberta Health Services is urging Albertans to protect themselves from pertussis after an increase in cases in Okotoks, Alta. and the Calgary Zone in recent months.
According to provincial data, there’s a big difference in vaccination rates between rural and urban communities for whooping cough.
Seventeen cases of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, have been confirmed in the Okotoks area since November, including one person who was hospitalized. AHS said all the cases were “locally acquired.”
Another 22 cases were identified in other parts of the Calgary Zone during the same period, bringing the total to 39 cases. [...]
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