Keimbuster: Health officials offer tips to remain safe in the middle of the “very high” flu value – the daily reporter

Hancock County flu and flu-like diseases continue to rise throughout the Hancock County and in the state and promptly promptly to miss a large number of students and employees to miss school and work.

Eleven deaths were attributed to the flu in Indiana in Indiana last week, although 123 deaths have been due to the flu since the beginning of the year.

In the centers for disease control, Indiana are listed among the hardest states affected by the flu all over the country.

The activity rate for flu-like diseases was listed on Tuesday afternoon as a “very high” in the influenza dashboard of the influenza dashboard of the Indiana Department of Health.

Hancock County's health officer, Dr. Gary Sharp, encourages residents to be vigilant as far as possible with routine germ fight protocols such as routine hand washing, coughing and crowded environments.

With the outbreak of Covid in almost five years in the rearview mirror, Sharp said that a decline in the use of facial masks made it possible to spread influenza “with revenge”.

Dawn Hanson, Director of Health Services at Greenfield-Central schools, said that the high level of illness demands a tribute in the local classrooms.

“We currently have influenza A and Covid, but last month Norovirus left Norovirus at the same time as Influenza A. We also have a lot of pneumonia and sore inflammation,” she said.

Hanson said she also sees signs of a “accidental winter virus”, in which people do not positively test regular illnesses, but feel uncomfortable.

The nurse said that the round of illness this winter was particularly difficult to kick.

She saw how many students and employees, especially those with influenza A who have been sick for a day or two and then have returned to school or to work, only to return their fever and need them at home for another or two days.

Nevertheless, said Hanson, the current disease rates are typical of this season.

“It is always bad at the moment. Things seem to lead to the spring holiday, ”she said. “We are always hopeful that the break will give enough time for the slowdown, and when we return, we have all been healthy in the past nine weeks.”

Sharp said it was still not too late to get a flu vaccine because the flu season usually runs through the late spring.

“It takes two weeks for it to be fully effective, but it is little disadvantage that the flu shot will achieve shot, so it's really not too late,” he said.

Sharp said that the Covid vaccine was also encouraged for older people and those with immune deficiency and added that manufacturers work continuously to keep up with the many mutations of the virus.

To keep the disease away, Hanson recommends that people take the following precautions:

– Get available vaccinations, including flu and covid vaccines. Adults aged 50 and over should vaccinate the shingles and pneumonia, and everyone who is 60 or older or the health diseases should talk to their health service provider about the RSV vaccine.

– Wash your hands with soap and water and dry them well. Use hand disinfectants if soap and water are not available. Hand disinfectants are not effective against Norovirus, which causes vomiting and diarrhea. Soap and water are your best choice. Stop wash your hands as soon as you return home from anywhere.

– Think about wearing a mask if you are with others who are sick or if you feel uncomfortable. Respiratory diseases that are distributed in the air by droplets can be stopped by a properly worn mask.

– Eat a nutritious diet, including fruit, vegetables and lean proteins. Consider a multivitamin, especially for keyboard eaters.

– remain hydrated. Do you don't like water? Find sugar -free, caffeine -free liquids or foods that have a high water content. Fruit and vegetables are great opportunities. If you are sick, you can sip your chicken, vegetable or beef broken to insert your diet into your body again if you couldn't eat for a few days.

– Try to sleep well. It may be difficult to sleep if you don't feel good, but rest is important. Remember that you rest, even if you cannot sleep, and that's what your body needs.

-Wip high-frequency uses in your house or office area with antibacterial cleaning products. This includes door and toilet handles, tables, desk rooms, chairs, phones and other devices.

– stay at home when you are sick. If you felt a fever, vomiting, diarrhea or otherwise bad, you should stay at home until you felt better for 24 hours.