Calgary and the surrounding area has become one of the hot spots for the flu in Canada, according to the latest Canadian respiratory virus surveillance report, published by Health Canada.

Calgary joins B.C.’s Lower Mainland, B.C. north coast, southern Ontario, northern Quebec, the Gaspe Peninsula and northern New Brunswick as the areas of the country where Health Canada is reporting localized influenza outbreaks.

Mathieu Giroux, pharmacist at Calgary’s Cambrian Pharmacy in Northmount Village, told Global News the increase in the number of people getting the flu has also led to a recent jump in the number of people booking a flu shot.

“We’ve been doing vaccines since mid-October and we’re going on week six or seven and it’s still pretty much fully booked every day. So there’s a lot of

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