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» New flu virus attacks Sask. hog barn workers
8 July 2009 | Local news » Canada |

Health and veterinary officials on Tuesday reported that two hog barn workers had been ill with a new strain of flu. Both recovered and animals in the barns were healthy, officials said. Health and veterinary officials on Tuesday reported that two hog barn workers had been ill with a new trace of flu. Both recovered and animals in the barns were in satisfactory, officials said. (CBC) Two workers in Saskatchewan's hog lease activity have tested indubitable for what healthiness officials are profession a "novel" trace of flu virus and have fully recovered, supervision officials reported Tuesday.

Dr. Moira McKinnon, the province's chief medical healthiness copper, stressed that the virus identified was "non-pandemic," adding that the two workers did not bargain the H1N1 swine flu virus currently in the intelligence.

Officials could not say how the workers came to bargain the new virus, but said they had not been outside of the state. A third wage-earner may have also contracted the same new trace, they added.

According to McKinnon, the workers shrewd calming flu-like

'All the checks and balances are in bracket to produce sure that we keep this confined.'—Dr. Moira McKinnon, Saskatchewan Chief Medical Healthiness Officer

symptoms about two weeks ago and they were tested at the nevertheless to dictate if they had contracted H1N1.

McKinnon said the lab results revealed something different and unprecedented. Further search persistent that a new trace of flu had emerged.

Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer Dr. Moira McKinnon reported Tuesday that two hog barn workers have completely recovered after a bout with a new strain of flu. Saskatchewan's chief medical healthiness copper Dr. Moira McKinnon reported Tuesday that two hog barn workers have totally recovered after a chance with a new trace of flu. (CBC) "These events do betide, and they do betide then," McKinnon told reporters at a intelligence symposium in Regina. "In the widespread heightened grand scheme, we've picked this one up. It will probably not channel. It will probably go no further than it's gone already.

"This happens every now and again with influenza viruses."

The fait accompli that workers associated with the pork activity contracted the virus was acclaimed, but officials said the animals and the sustenance were satisfactory.

"These animals are in satisfactory when they go to liquidation," Dr. Greg Douglas, chief veterinary copper for the Saskatchewan clergy of agriculture, told reporters. "All the checks and balances are in bracket to produce sure that we keep this confined."

McKinnon said the virus may have been a "one-off" episode, noting that laboratories have not come across any other examples of the trace detected.

Increased bio-deposit at barns

"In the defunct, most of these events do not end up transmitting from child to child, and upshot in what's called a deceased end," McKinnon said.

Bio-deposit measures allow for requiring workers to rain before entering barns, and monitoring the healthiness of all workers.

McKinnon said that workers associated with the barns, which are located in eastern Saskatchewan, will be administered broad flu shots. It was believed that the widespread seasonal influenza immunization would be personal property against the new trace.

Dr. Greg Douglas, the chief veterinary officer for the province of Saskatchewan, said Tuesday that all animals in the hog operation are healthy. Two workers from the barns had a bout with a new strain of flu. Dr. Greg Douglas, the chief veterinary copper for the quarter of Saskatchewan, said Tuesday that all animals in the hog private dick are in satisfactory. Two workers from the barns had a chance with a new trace of flu. (CBC) Officials said the virus was still being investigated and hesitated before giving it a name. McKinnon once settled on "non-pandemic influenza A virus".

"It does have the developing, , of being a new virus that spreads," McKinnon acclaimed. "That's why we have put in all these measures and will be very finical and with one's eyes skinned about what's occurrence here."

John LaClare, president of Big Sky Farms, confirmed Tuesday that the swayed workers came from that company's barns, but declined to say which one. The train operates 45 hog barns across Saskatchewan.

LaClare repeated the observations of healthiness and veterinary officials that the flu identified did not assume any animals.

"Two of our workers have been confirmed to have shrewd the novel, non-pandemic influenza A virus," LaClare said on Tuesday. "Both received treatment, have returned to industry after a utter pick-up and there's no suggestion of the virus in any of our hogs."

"It's a flu virus," LaClare added. "Viruses bring all the nevertheless and I think it would be very demanding to spoor down the verified cause and not a satisfactory impression to speculate at this sharp end where it might have come from."


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