Back to SearchDIEPPE, NB — The City of Dieppe wishes to advise users of the Dieppe Aquatic and Sports Centre that the public swim from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on August 21, 2024, has been identified as a contact site for a case of whooping cough.
Public Health recommends that people who used the Aquatic and Sports Centre during this public swim monitor their general health, paying attention to the symptoms listed in the enclosed Fact Sheet on Pertussis (Whooping cough).
If you develop symptoms like those described in the fact sheet, please see your family physician or an after-hour clinic and inform him/her that you or your child may have been exposed to whooping cough. Whooping cough is spread by coughing or contact with saliva and may cause severe disease in a young child.
If your physician suspects that you or your child has whooping cough, appropriate testing should be done to confirm the diagnosis. A positive result will allow Public Health to do further follow up to protect others who may be at risk for this disease.
Please make sure that you and your child are up to date with your immunizations.
Persons older than 18 years of age are eligible to receive one dose of the vaccine against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap vaccine).
If you have any questions, please contact Public Health at 506-856-3220.