Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's asked her health minister, as well as her children and family services minister, to 'do a full assessment' of an E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's asked her health minister, as well as her children and family services minister, to "do a full assessment" of an E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares. This colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin which can cause illness.
She says she's sending her thoughts and prayers to all the children who’ve contracted E. coli in the recent outbreak. Additionally, it said seven patients have been discharged from hospital since the beginning of the outbreak. Dr. Francesco Rizzuti, medical officer of health in Calgary, said Friday that a "small number" of the hospitalized patients were receiving dialysis.Investigators with the health agency believe that based on the epidemiology of the cases they've seen, it's "highly likely" food from a central kitchen is the source of the outbreak.
Closure orders for those four daycares were being rescinded effective Monday, AHS said, provided no one from those sites tests positive for E. coli in the meantime.
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