9 children released from hospital after mystery illness on Alberta First Nation

Nine children have been released from hospital,while one remains in intensive care, two days after they were found on a Calgary-area First Nation with a mysterious illness.

The children fromStoneyNakodaFirst Nation are now with relatives,according to a children's welfare representative.

"They have been back in the community, placed in a home with a kinship group," saidTrezMcCaskill, director of StoneyNakodaChild and Family Services.

"We always hope toreunite the parents with the family. We'll be working with the family to address any concerns they might have."

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The children and two adults were found in a home on Wednesday, suffering from "influenza-like" symptoms, and were taken to hospital. A four-month-old baby was also found in the home and declared dead.

Police and paramedics were respondingto a report of children in medical distress. One of the children,a two-year-old, was found in serious condition.

That child is the one still in hospital,McCaskillsaid.

"A variety of common respiratory viruses were determined to be involved with those admitted to hospital,"AHSsaid in the release.

Alberta Health Services saidFriday there's no ongoing health risk for the children or adults.The agency also said there was no health risk to the public.

The agency said it was unable to comment on any patient's medical history or condition under the province's Health Information Act, and was also unable to comment on the child's death as it is under investigation by RCMP.

An autopsy on the baby was scheduled for Friday.

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