Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease.
New Brunswick has declared a provincewide whooping cough outbreak, two months after an outbreak was initially declared on the Acadian Peninsula.Whooping cough can be 'very serious' in young children. Public Health 'strongly encourages' parents to review the status of their children’s immunizations as the new school year approaches. New Brunswick has declared a provincewide whooping cough outbreak, two months after an outbreak was initially declared on the Acadian Peninsula.
While most of the cases have been in the Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula region, Zone 6, more than half the new cases in recent weeks are outside that region. Although whooping can occur at any age, it is "very serious" in babies and young children, especially for those who are too young to be fully immunized, the department advises.
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