Sep 1, 2009 4:57 am US/Eastern
Mayor To Announce Plans To Combat H1N1 In Schools
CBS 2 HD Has Learned Closings Will Not Be Routine; Bloomberg To Also Stress Isolating Infected Patients In ERs
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
On Tuesday Mayor Michael Bloomberg will outline New York City's strategy to fight swine flu in schools.
An estimated 800,000 city residents got swine flu last year, so the city is gearing up for the new onslaught.
Last year many city schools were closed to prevent the spread of the h1n1 -- swine flu -- virus. But sources told CBS 2 HD on Monday that this year the schools chancellor will be much less likely to do that. The city's plan for the 2009-2010 flu season includes:
* Keeping schools open as much as possible
* Keeping flu patients isolated from other patients in hospital emergency rooms
* And urging people to seek other alternatives to emergency rooms to avoid over taxing the ERs
Getting the vaccine will also be important when it's available. In order to be fully protected New Yorkers are advised to get two doses of swine flu vaccine and one seasonal flu shot.
The big question is whether the swine flu vaccine gets here before the disease breaks out.
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