| The Marin County Department of Health and Human Services takes an active role in influenza planning and prevention in Marin. The MarinFlu website offers up-to-date, critical information on local influenza planning, with information gathered from a variety of sources to help Marin residents and health care professionals better prepare for influenza outbreaks.
State health officials urge all persons with mild flu-like illness to stay home. Children and adolescents with fever should not go to day care or school. Adults with fever should not go to work until their fever has gone away for 24 hours (without use of fever reducing medicine). Pregnant women and Individuals with severe illness, such as difficulty breathing, should contact their health care provider. Schools, businesses and other organizations are urged to plan for the flu. To decrease chances of getting, or spreading the flu, the department recommends taking these steps to avoid the flu. This is a rapidly evolving situation and Marin County Department of Health & Human Services is asking people to be alert for changes in our guidance, available from thewww.marinflu.org website. |
