Travel advisory warns of severe respiratory illness in Mexico
Canadians who have recently returned from Mexico should be on alert for flu-like symptoms that could be connected to a severe respiratory illness, federal health officials said Thursday in issuing a travel advisory. The advisory included the same advice given to all travellers regarding getting a flu shot and taking precautions such as covering coughs and staying home when sick, but adds locations in Mexico where cases of a severe respiratory illness have occurred. Public health officials in Ontario have monitored about 10 people who recently returned from Mexico, with the numbers changing by the hour. "We haven't had any that have been directly tied," said Dr. David Williams, Ontario's acting chief medical officer of health. "We will continue to look, any case that has any remote possibility of connection, we want to see if we can connect those dots correctly." Cause of illness unknown A severe respiratory illness appears to have infected 137 people in south and central areas of Mexico, with cases concentrated in Mexico City and three other areas, including 20 deaths, the Public Health Agency of Canada said. "We are not sure where this is in Mexico, but it's not the tourist area," said Dr. Allison McGeer, director of infection control at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. The deaths were mostly men between the ages of 25 and 44, according to an advisory sent out by federal health authorities. Hundreds of people have also reportedly been hospitalized and health-care workers ...Asthma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this
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