{"id":64106,"date":"2024-11-14T09:24:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/?p=64106"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:24:40","slug":"fraser-health-authority-releases-statement-on-avian-influenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/fraser-health-authority-releases-statement-on-avian-influenza\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraser Health Authority releases statement on avian influenza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 12, the Fraser Health Authority released a region-wide statement to school districts about the province\u2019s and Canada\u2019s first case of avian influenza caused by the H5 virus. Testing is still in progress to confirm the positive result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a rare occurrence and there have no further cases at this time and no known exposure at any school<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of caution, Fraser Health recommends the following preventative measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay current on all immunizations, especially the seasonal flu vaccine.<\/li>\n<li>Petting zoo and farm visits may continue but avoid direct physical contact with birds (including all poultry, ducks, or any other waterfowl).<\/li>\n<li>Do not touch sick or dead animals or their droppings and do not bring sick wild animals into your home.<\/li>\n<li>Keep pets away from sick or dead animals and their droppings.<\/li>\n<li>Report dead or sick birds or animals:\n<ul>\n<li>For poultry or livestock, contact the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Animal Health office: <a href=\"https:\/\/inspection.canada.ca\/en\/about-cfia\/contact-cfiaoffice-telephone#bc-animal\">https:\/\/inspection.canada.ca\/en\/about-cfia\/contact-cfiaoffice-telephone#bc-animal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For pets, contact your veterinarian or call the BC Animal Health Centre: 1-800-661-9903.<\/li>\n<li>For wild birds, contact the B.C. Wild Bird Mortality Line: 1-866-431-2473.<\/li>\n<li>For wild mammals, contact the B.C. Wildlife Health Program: 1 (250) 751-7246.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>BCCDC information on avian influenza: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/healthinfo\/diseasesconditions\/avian-influenza\">http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/healthinfo\/diseasesconditions\/avian-influenza<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Avian influenza: How can I protect myself?: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/resourcegallery\/Documents\/Avian_flu_How_can_I_protect_myself.pdf\">http:\/\/www.bccdc.ca\/resourcegallery\/Documents\/Avian_flu_How_can_I_protect_myself.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>HealthLinkBC information on avian influenza: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthlinkbc.ca\/illnessesconditions\/infectious-diseases\/avian-influenza\">https:\/\/www.healthlinkbc.ca\/illnessesconditions\/infectious-diseases\/avian-influenza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 12, the Fraser Health Authority released a region-wide statement to school districts about the province\u2019s and Canada\u2019s first case of avian influenza caused by the H5 virus. Testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":61634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-events","category-events-and-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64107,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64106\/revisions\/64107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newwestschools.ca\/archive_241212\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}