Whooping cough outbreak attacked aggressively
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A two-pronged aggressive approach is being used in the attack against an alarming outbreak of whooping cough in the province, says the provincial director of disease control.
Health workers first aggressively seek to identify people, who have come in contact with those infected with whooping cough and then ensure immunizations are brought up to date, said Dr. John Waters.
Antibiotics are also used to help suppress the spread of the germ which causes whooping cough, he said.
