DR.ETCHES: This fall shaping up to be a 'challenging' respiratory illness season

OPH is urging people to get a COVID\u002D19 booster and a flu shot ahead of what\u0027s shaping up to be \u0022a very active respiratory illness season.\u0022

Ottawa Public Health confirmed the season’s first flu outbreak about a month earlier than usual with both lab-confirmed cases and the per cent of tests coming back positive on the rise, Dr. Vera Etches said in a statement Wednesday.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Ottawa is also seeing more respiratory syncytial virus cases, she said — especially among children. CHEO has flagged

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