UPDATED: Federal expert dispatched to Niagara to help with C. difficile outbreak – with VIDEO

OTTAWA – Ontario has asked Ottawa for help in dealing with a dangerous outbreak of C. difficile.

The Public Health Agency of Canada says it has deployed a field epidemiologist to the Niagara region to help investigate the outbreak of the deadly superbug in several hospitals there, the Winnipeg Free Press reports.

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Sue Matthews, interim president and CEO of Niagara Health System, talked about the role of the field epidemiologist during a media briefing, Thursday afternoon. See the Bullet News video below:

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