A case of whooping cough detected in the emergency room of Edmundston and Grand Falls

New Brunswick Public Health and Vitalité Health Network announced Monday that a case of whooping cough has been confirmed. The authority is calling on the population who may have visited the emergency room in Grand Falls and Edmundston between June 10 and 20 to exercise caution.

The infected person visited the Grand Falls and Edmundston hospitals four times.

She went:

– at the Grand Falls emergency room on Monday, June 10 from 7:25 p.m. to 9 p.m. then between Wednesday, June 19 at 11:56 p.m. and Thursday, June 20 at 1:15 a.m.;

– at the Edmundston emergency room between Saturday June 15 at 7:40 p.m. and Sunday June 16 at 12:10 a.m. then Tuesday June 18 between 12:40 p.m. and 8:40 p.m.

Vitalité calls patients, companions and healthcare workers who were in these services on these dates and times days after their visit”,”text”:”to monitor the appearance of symptoms until 21 days after their visit”}}”>to monitor the appearance of symptoms up to 21 days after their visit.

The network emphasizes that pregnant women in the third trimester of pregnancy and children under one year old are most at risk.

The first symptoms to watch out for are mild fever, runny nose, redness of the eyes, accompanied by watery eyes, and cough. days”,”text”:”This cough becomes stronger and more frequent after 7 to 14 days”}}”>This cough becomes stronger and more frequent after 7 to 14 daysunderlines Vitality.

The authority specifies that the best way to protect yourself from this disease is to be vaccinated.