Tigers connected to all confirmed Alberta mumps cases: AHS
Medicine Hat, AB — For the first time in 10 years Alberta is experiencing an outbreak of the mumps. In total there’s been 9 lab-confirmed cases of the extremely contagious disease, and Alberta Health Services says all of them are connected to the Medicine Hat Tigers.
A lot of things can be exchanged on the ice — including a contagious disease like the mumps.
According to AHS the Tigers current bout with the viral infection began after taking on the Brandon Wheat Kings, a team with confirmed cases of the disease.
“Feeling fever and a little like swollen, so called doctor and he said ‘it’s probably mumps’,” Tigers forward John Dahlstrom said earlier this week about being diagnosed with the virus.