NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (October 25, 2022) – The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is issuing a public health advisory regarding the potential for a severe respiratory virus season in the NWT.

This Advisory is to notify the public that the OCPHO is beginning to see lab confirmed cases of RSV in young children, more severe respiratory presentations and hospitalizations in young children under 5 and the NWT has now seen its first lab confirmed case of influenza.