KFL&A Public Health encouraging proactive approach to flu season
Global News
With the first case of Influenza A detected in Kingston as well as a recent wastewater COVID-19 data spike, health officials are encouraging a proactive approach to flu season.
As temperatures dip, leaves change and students return, the stage is set for the fall influenza season.
On Thursday, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health announced that it has confirmed the first case of Influenza A in the region.
It comes after two years of battling influenza season in conjunction with COVID-19 and RSV, the triple threat as Dr. Piotr Oglaza says.
“It serves as a reminder that there’s more than just one pathogen, more than COVID, that we need to be mindful of all of the other circulating pathogens and take appropriate steps,” said KFL&A Public Health’s Medical Officer of Health.
This comes on the heels of a slight spike of COVID-19 in wastewater surveillance data, collected by Public Health, that showed late August, when many students were returning.
Despite this, Dr. Oglaza says it’s no reason to panic.
“As far as the severity of the season, it’s too early to say, but what’s important is that anyone takes the necessary steps to protect themselves,” added Oglaza.
Dr. Oglaza says simple things like staying home when you’re sick, good hand hygiene and general cleanliness are all good tools, as well as a flu shot.
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