Cases of flu at ‘expected’ levels: PNHR

According to the Prairie North Health Region (PNHR), cases of flu are on par with years previous.  

Flu season began in early December, Dr. Mandiangu Nsungu, medical health officer said. While the number of cases increased over this month and the last, it’s difficult to say if they’ve peaked.

“We have to observe that over the next couple weeks,” he said. “What we expect is those numbers will peak and eventually start going down. We can foresee we’ll still have cases of influenza for the next few weeks.”

Nsungu said H3N2 has been the most prevalent strain of flu virus. Usually this strain is most severe amongst seniors. The good thing, he said, is the flu shot seems to be working.

“So far indications are it’s a good match between the vaccine and the strains circulating. This is to say people who have not yet received the vaccine should still consider receiving it, because we’re still giving it until the end of March,” he added.

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“For the time being, what I’ve seen, I can’t say this season is more severe than the past years. What we’re seeing now is actually expected for this time of year.”  

As of Jan. 19, Nsungu said 40 cases of H3N2 are confirmed in the PNHR.

Colton Swiderski is a news and sports reporter for meadowlakeNOW. He can be reached at cswiderski@jpbg.ca or tweet him @coltonswiderski.