Lakelands Public Health is notifying the public about a potential exposure to chickenpox at Peterborough Regional Health Centre earlier this week. Public health officials say individuals who visited the hospital’s emergency department between 5:38 p.m. on May 11 and 7:56 a.m. on May 12 may have been exposed to the virus. Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Symptoms can inclu…
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