SURREY (NEWS1130) – The Fraser Health Authority has declared the current level of influenza virus within its communities a health hazard under provisions in the Public Health Act.
This allows for additional measures to protect people in the region.
Nineteen long-term care facilities have reported influenza outbreaks so far this year; that’s more than twice as many as reported in each of the past two years.
“Effective immediately, all people attending a residential care or assisted living facility who have not received a flu shot this year, including staff, volunteers and visitors, will be required to wear a mask and practice stringent hand hygiene during their time at the facility,” says Fraser Health CEO Dr. Paul Van Buynder.
“We’ve got to stop the flu getting into these facilities. We know it is coming in with the visitors, the volunteers, the staff, and the others. They’re bringing it into the facility and then the patients are getting sick and some of them are dying,” he adds.
He’s asking everyone to get vaccinated, especially children, pregnant woman and those with chronic disease.
“If you’re not vaccinated, if you have a loved on in a long-term care facility, if you need to visit them, don’t do it if you’re unwell. If you are well, make sure you wash your hands in the facility and you wear a mask during your time there.”
Fraser Health also says ERs in the region have had the highest level of flu-related visits it has seen in years.
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anyone can say they had a flu shot…but where is the proof ?????
At least they have the protocol right, “Effective immediately, all people attending a residential care or assisted living facility who have not received a flu shot this year, including staff, volunteers and visitors, will be required to wear a mask and practice stringent hand hygiene during their time at the facility,”
This is true for all health care facilities, INCLUDING hospitals. So that false article FoxNews1130 posted a couple weeks ago can be officially burned.
Hey bull, why don’t you take the value of your comment and multiply it by the total you spent to subscribe to this information. News1130 is a reliable source of news and you are an internet media parasite.
brand them all like a cow!!
I never get the flu shot and never get the flu. Everyone I know who gets the flu shot always ends up with the flu. Seems to me you are better off not getting it.
People will lie through their teeth saying they have had the flu shot when in fact they haven’t. A doctor’s certificate should be required for proof of shot.
Tattoo them alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!
Drug companies trying to get rid all stock before flu season ends. Sad part is the media is the pawn that does the dirty work.
I love how News1130 hasn’t even bothered to change the default caption on the picture. Shows how lazy their editing staff and reporters are. It all starts with using a meaningless Thinkstock Photo.
I hear that they are building a giant cage outside Abbotsford where everyone who doesn’t take the flu shot will be relocated to during the crisis.
Why,WHY why?!! does media always show a needle going in?! Do you not realize
that this is a total turn off and soooo not necessary?! In this case the flu – others a drug addict -
we don’t need to see it to realize the problem! Give the public some credit please!
Partially why some people don’t get flu shots I am sure!
Agreed! Needle photos can be really offensive and off-putting for people, they’re not needed.
…but we are talking about flu SHOTS!!!!!!!!
Then show just the needle, but we don’t need to see it in someone’s arm.
Then flip the page and don’t read this article.
You are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too sensitive, how do you get by in life?