CARROLL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
SWINE FLU UPDATE

4 May 2009

 

NATIONAL:  Cases of laboratory confirmed SF as of 11:00 am 4 May 2009 (Source: CDC)

 

Alabama          4 (new)                   Missouri             1 (new)

Arizona          17                             Nebraska            1

California       30                             Nevada               1

Colorado          7                             NH                      1 (new)

Connecticut      2 (new)                  New Jersey          7

Delaware         20                           New Mexico        1 (new)

Florida              5 (new)                  New York         73

Idaho                1 (new)                  North Carolina    1 (new)

Illinois              8                            Ohio                    3

Indiana             3                            Oregon                3 (new)

Iowa                 1 (new)                  Pennsylvania      1 (new)

Kansas             2                             Rhode Island      1 (new)

Kentucky         1                             South Carolina  15

Louisiana         14 (new)                Tennessee            1 (new)

Maryland          4 (new)                 Texas                  41

Massachusetts   6                           Utah                     1 (new)

Michigan          2                           Virginia                3

Minnesota         1                           Wisconsin            3 (new)

 

                                  TOTAL  286  (36 States) 

 

MARYLAND:  Cases of PROBABLE SF – 11 (County breakdown not available as of this time).  Four cases CONFIRMED, including a student from Millford Mill Academy in Baltimore County and two Baltimore County adults.  The fourth confirmed case is a preschool  age child from Anne Arundel County (Source: DHMH)

 

OTHER NOTES:

·    WHO’s Global Pandemic Phase remains at FIVE (SIX is highest).  Bear in mind that these phases relate to how widespread the infection is, not how severe it is.

·    Median age is 17 years.

·    There have been approximately 30 hospitalizations.

·    Initial laboratory tests indicate there is the absence of a 1918 H1N1“virulent marker” on this strain.

·    The State Public Health laboratory in Baltimore will be receiving Swine Flu confirmatory test kits from the federal government so the State can do its own confirmatory testing on throat swabs.  This is apparently in response to the CDC laboratory in Atlanta becoming overwhelmed.

·    The Governor did in fact formally declare a Public Health State of Emergency Friday afternoon.

 

CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CARROLL COUNTY RESPONSE:

·    Nothing new from Friday.  Health Officer is trying to clarify the school closing procedure and authority.  It appears from the popular media late Friday and over the weekend that the Governor/State is unilaterally issuing orders to close schools, while the CDC guidance mandates involvement of local officials.