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Alabama H1N1 Latest
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 08:27 PM CDT
A news conference was held in Montgomery to discuss the H1N1 virus in Alabama.
State Health officer Donald Williamson says the current outbreaks are only the beginning.
And that the virus is the dominant illness in the state right now.
Last night the state released information on its website that a second person in the state has died of H1N1.
No word where the victim was from or when they died.
Williamson says there are more than 1,300 confirmed cases in Alabama so far.
He stressed that parents should keep sick kids home and boss's should make sick employees stay home.
He expects the first shipment of the H1N1 vaccine for Alabama to come in October.
The state should receive around 2 million doses by December.
Meanwhile, school is closed until next week in Macon County, where there may be an outbreak.
The state health department is not recommending that schools close because of the flu.
Instead, they are leaving the decision up to the school systems.
So far, absentee rates at Alabama schools have climbed to between five and six percent.
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10972836
Posted: Aug 21, 2009 08:27 PM CDT
A news conference was held in Montgomery to discuss the H1N1 virus in Alabama.
State Health officer Donald Williamson says the current outbreaks are only the beginning.
And that the virus is the dominant illness in the state right now.
Last night the state released information on its website that a second person in the state has died of H1N1.
No word where the victim was from or when they died.
Williamson says there are more than 1,300 confirmed cases in Alabama so far.
He stressed that parents should keep sick kids home and boss's should make sick employees stay home.
He expects the first shipment of the H1N1 vaccine for Alabama to come in October.
The state should receive around 2 million doses by December.
Meanwhile, school is closed until next week in Macon County, where there may be an outbreak.
The state health department is not recommending that schools close because of the flu.
Instead, they are leaving the decision up to the school systems.
So far, absentee rates at Alabama schools have climbed to between five and six percent.
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10972836