CHEO, Ottawa's children's hospital, on Dec. 3, 2022. November 2022 had many, many times more flu admissions than normal. (Gabriel Le Marquand Perreault/Radio-Canada - image credit)Ottawa's children's hospital has soaring, near-record levels of influenza admissions heading into the holiday season. Aside from a month during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, November saw CHEO's highest number of flu hospitalizations in one month with 73 admissions. At a town hall on Monday night, CHEO staff urged parents to continue to bring their sick children to hospital if they need emergency care.

Source: CBC News December 14, 2022 03:15 UTC