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State Reports First Flu Cases of the Season
October 18, 2006
With the confirmation of cases of
influenza by the State Public Health Laboratory,
the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today advised that the
influenza season has
officially begun in Connecticut. DPH Commissioner J. Robert Galvin,
M.D., M.P.H. urged Connecticut residents to talk to their doctor about
getting a flu shot.
The Connecticut Chapter of the American Lung
Association runs a website to locate public
clinics. The web address is
http://www.alact.org. For those without Internet access, INFOLINE
at 2-1-1 can locate clinics through that website.
Please read the press release from the Department of Public Health:
DPH
Press Release on First Flu Case
Ledge Light Health District will post more information about the flu as it becomes available. For questions and concerns, please contact Monica Farina, Public Health Preparedness Coordinator.
