For flu sufferers across South Bayview there is little comfort in the knowledge that this season’s flu shot seems to have been a pretty good match for the strain that is currently infecting so many Canadians. The shot is no guarantee against getting the flu, but it’s a solid defense. Here in Toronto the activity level of the influenza outbreak is described by the Public Health Agency of Canada at “localized”. That’s the most common status as the country deals with one of the worst outbreaks in years. In all provinces there were between 3,500 and 4,000 confirmed cases as the New Year began. The Health Canada map above shows the most severe areas of the outbreak in dark blue (widespread) in areas of Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, Western Newfoundland and Central and Southern Alberta.
