H3N2 Flu Strain Reaches Outaouais: Vaccination is Key

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By Annie Martin
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December⁣ 18, 2025 / 07:00

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The respiratory illness season‍ is far from over, which ⁤worries authorities as the holidays approach. In 2025-2026, the flu will hit earlier and ⁢harder, dominated‍ by the H3N2 strain.

In ‍early December ‍in eastern Ontario, including Ottawa, three children aged‍ 5 to 9 ⁣died from complications related to influenza A.

According ⁣to ⁣Dr.Hugues Loemba, clinician-researcher, virologist, associate professor of medicine at the ⁤Faculty of Medicine of the University of‌ Ottawa and health and safety consultant at Montfort Hospital, the H1N1⁢ and‍ H3N2 type ‌A strains of the influenza virus ‌tend to mutate:

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