Public health warns of potential chickenpox exposure at Peterborough Regional Health Centre - BERITAJA

Health officials are informing the nationalist about a imaginable vulnerability to chickenpox astatine the Peterborough Regional Health Centre successful Peterborough, Ont., earlier this week.

Lakelands Public Health says individuals who visited the hospital’s emergency section betwixt 5:39 p.m. connected May 11 and 7:56 a.m. connected May 12 whitethorn person been exposed to the virus.

Chickenpox, besides known arsenic varicella, is simply a highly contagious viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus.

Symptoms could see fever, fatigue and an itchy rash that develops into fluid-filled blisters. Symptoms typically look 14 to 16 days aft exposure.

“Lakelands Public Health is advising anyone who whitethorn person been exposed during the identified timeframe to show for symptoms until June 1-2,” the wellness portion stated.

People who create symptoms should enactment home, debar interaction pinch susceptible individuals, and telephone up earlier visiting a health-care provider, walk-in clinic, urgent attraction centre aliases emergency department.

Public wellness officials opportunity about group who person had chickenpox aliases received 2 doses of the varicella vaccine are protected.

However, infants nether 1 twelvemonth old, pregnant individuals who are not immune, group pinch weakened immune systems and those who person ne'er had chickenpox aliases been vaccinated are astatine greater consequence of terrible illness.