Whooping Cough -- Canada
British Columbia [B.C.] Health Minister Adrian Dix announced last month [February 2019] B.C. is considering a vaccination registration system in the province's schools after a measles outbreak. As of last week there have been at least 17 confirmed measles cases this year [2019]. In addition to the measles, there have been 2 reported cases of whooping cough, or pertussis, on Vancouver Island this week.
The spread of communicable diseases increases when less than 90 to 95% of the population
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6404428&promed&0
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