PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CONEMAUGH VALLEY STUDENTS
UPDATE: SWINE FLU
CONEMAUGH VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THIS SITUATION AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT OUR POPULATION. AS OF TODAY, APRIL 29TH, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CASES OF SWINE FLU IN OUR DISTRICT. BUT, WE KNOW THAT WE, LIKE OTHER DISTRICTS, ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS ILLNESS AND THAT THERE IS NO 100% EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PREVENT IT. THE BEST WAYS TO AID IN PREVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. AVOID CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL
2. IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD ARE ILL, STAY AT HOME
3. HANDWASHING FOR 20 SECONDS WITH SOAP AND WATER IS ESSENTIAL!
4. USE HAND SANITIZER IF NECESSARY
5. COVER YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE IF COUGHING OR SNEEZING AND DISPOSE OF TISSUES IMMEDIATELY
6. AVOID TOUCHING YOUR EYES, NOSE OR MOUTH WITH YOUR HANDS
7. KEEP ALL SURFACES AT HOME, SCHOOL, AND WORK CLEAN
8. IF YOU HAVE TRAVELED TO MEXICO (OR COME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS IN MEXICO) AND BEGIN TO FEEL ILL, CONTACT YOUR PHYSICIAN IMMEDIATELY!
THE SYMPTOMS OF SWINE FLU ARE:
1. FEVER (GREATER THAN 100 DEGREES)
2. SORE THROAT
3. COUGH
4. STUFFY NOSE
5. CHILLS
6. HEADACHE AND BODY ACHES
7. FATIGUE
8. NAUSEA AND DIARRHEA (NOT ALL CASES)
THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES ARE VERY INFORMATIVE:
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentSwineFluTravel.aspx
http://www.cdc.gov/