Swine flu update
U.S. health officials have issued a nationwide public health emergency declaration due to reported cases of swine flu in the United States. Here in Washington, public health officials are monitoring the situation carefully.
What You Can Do to Stay Healthy:
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
• Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
• If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
More information on the swine flu:
Washington State Department of Health
Centers for Disease Control
Public Information - April 29, 2009