H1N1 outbreak at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto Public Health confirmed today an H1N1 flu outbreak at Mount Sinai hospital.

While speaking to reporters in a conference room at Toronto Public Health’s downtown office, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, director of communicable disease control, confirmed the outbreak.

“It’s the only outbreak in a hospital that has been reported to us,” Dr. Yaffe said, without offering further details. A spokesperson for Mount Sinai could not be reached.

Full article: here.

See also:

H1N1 outbreak at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto Star)

H1N1 outbreak at Mount Sinai Hospital (CP24)

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