Alberta health officials say that 鈥渁 variety of common respiratory viruses鈥� were involved in an incident where 14 people were sent to hospital with 鈥渋nfluenza-like鈥� symptoms.
in a statement Friday that it is 鈥渃onfident there is no ongoing health risk to the individuals鈥� and that 鈥渢here is no health risk to the public.鈥�
鈥淎HS is not able to comment on the RCMP investigation into the death of a child linked to this situation,鈥� the statement went on.
Paramedics rushed to Stoney Nakoda First Nation on Wednesday afternoon where they discovered a four-month-old girl dead at the scene and another child in serious condition.
In total, 14 members of the same family were transported to the Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital in Calgary in Calgary.
As of Thursday, 10 remained in hospital including a two-year-old girl who was in serious but stable condition, according to RCMP.
The medical examiner was investigating and the federal Department of Indigenous Services offered its support to the grieving first nation.
It鈥檚 not yet clear what viruses were involved. Health officials have not said how the child died, citing privacy.
that it has been a harsher-than-average flu season with at least 995 children under the age of 16 hospitalized as of March 31, and nine deaths.
With files from CTV Calgary
