It looks like an early flu season in Louisiana
JIM HANZO
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - 11:21 AM
MarianVejcik-Getty
Louisiana Department of Health is seeing an early start to flu activity, even resulting in a school closure in the Lafayette area due to flu cases. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter says it is a reminder the time to get the annual flu vaccine is now.
“It’s a very early start to the flu season for us," Kanter said. "If you ask the CDC, they’ll tell you the formal start to the season is not until early October, but for us in Louisiana, it is right now.”
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Details on a flu outbreak that closed local elementary school
LOCAL
by: Neale Zeringue, KLFY
Posted: Sep 25, 2019 / 11:39 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 25, 2019 / 12:38 PM CDT
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY)- The flu season is starting early, and it’s already forced one Acadiana school to hit the reset button.
Leonville Elementary dismissed students early today, so the entire campus could be cleaned.
According to the school’s principal, the school will be open tomorrow. That’s because the staff and St. Landry parish inmates spent the afternoon disinfecting the campus.
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About 13 percent of the school population already sick with the virus, the principal said.
“Every year is different, but i will say so far this year we are seeing cases earlier,” Stefanski said.
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Influenza Surveillance Report – August 2019
Influenza activity has begun to increase in the last 2 weeks.
During the month of August, the state public health laboratory identified multiple positive samples of influenza
including: A/H1N1, A/H3 and B/Victoria.
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JIM HANZO
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 - 11:21 AM
MarianVejcik-Getty
Louisiana Department of Health is seeing an early start to flu activity, even resulting in a school closure in the Lafayette area due to flu cases. Assistant State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter says it is a reminder the time to get the annual flu vaccine is now.
“It’s a very early start to the flu season for us," Kanter said. "If you ask the CDC, they’ll tell you the formal start to the season is not until early October, but for us in Louisiana, it is right now.”
...
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Details on a flu outbreak that closed local elementary school
LOCAL
by: Neale Zeringue, KLFY
Posted: Sep 25, 2019 / 11:39 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 25, 2019 / 12:38 PM CDT
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY)- The flu season is starting early, and it’s already forced one Acadiana school to hit the reset button.
Leonville Elementary dismissed students early today, so the entire campus could be cleaned.
According to the school’s principal, the school will be open tomorrow. That’s because the staff and St. Landry parish inmates spent the afternoon disinfecting the campus.
...
About 13 percent of the school population already sick with the virus, the principal said.
“Every year is different, but i will say so far this year we are seeing cases earlier,” Stefanski said.
...
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Influenza Surveillance Report – August 2019
Influenza activity has begun to increase in the last 2 weeks.
During the month of August, the state public health laboratory identified multiple positive samples of influenza
including: A/H1N1, A/H3 and B/Victoria.
...
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