{"id":26132,"date":"2014-09-18T03:13:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26132"},"modified":"2025-01-12T07:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:37:38","slug":"three-cases-of-enterovirus-confirmed-in-british-columbia-health-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/18\/three-cases-of-enterovirus-confirmed-in-british-columbia-health-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Three cases of enterovirus confirmed in British Columbia: health authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Coronaviruses_004_lores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7288\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Coronaviruses_004_lores.jpg\" alt=\"Coronaviruses_004_lores\" width=\"700\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Coronaviruses_004_lores.jpg 700w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Coronaviruses_004_lores-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; An uncommon respiratory virus that is sweeping across parts of the U.S. has been confirmed in three people in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says the three cases of enterovirus D68 are from different areas of the province, and they are being treated in the Lower Mainland.<\/p>\n<p>The virus, also called EV-D68, has been confirmed in 130 children in 12 U.S. states since mid August, causing severe respiratory illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta health officials have also confirmed the virus has made 18 children in the province sick, although medical officer of health Dr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy doxycycline online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/doxycycline.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/doxycycline.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> James Talbot says more tests need to be done to see if it&#8217;s the same strain that is causing the outbreak in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The D68 strain causes symptoms similar to the common cold, but children with pre-existing respiratory conditions such as asthma may suffer more serious symptoms if infected.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy professional cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/professional-cialis.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/professional-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>B.C.&#8217;s provincial medical health officer Dr. Perry Kendall says the cases found in the province are not a cause for alarm, and the current school strike has likely stopped the virus from spreading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANCOUVER &#8212; An uncommon respiratory virus that is sweeping across parts of the U.S. has been confirmed in three people &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":7288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-health","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282785,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26132\/revisions\/282785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}