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Okaloosa has second swine flu death
October 27, 2009 6:37 PM
Angel McCurdy
Daily News
Okaloosa County has announced its second swine flu death in less than two weeks.
A 51-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions has died of the H1N1 virus, according to a news release by the Okaloosa County Health Department.
As with the first swine flu death, Health Department Director Dr. Karen Chapman has released no other details.
The Health Department announced Oct. 16 that a 33-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions also died of the H1N1 virus.
Health departments in Santa Rosa and Walton counties each have reported one death from the illness.
On Sept. 11, a 52-year-old Santa Rosa County man died. He had a history of hypertension and gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to health department officials.
He had been hospitalized a week before his death.
On Aug. 6, Chase Ray, a 21-year-old DeFuniak Springs man, became the area's first swine flu casualty when he died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
A vaccine approved for the illness will be available through Nov. 21 in Okaloosa County. After a break for Thanksgiving, vaccinations will resume Nov. 30 and run through Dec. 5.
Clinics will be open from 1 until 8 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturdays at the Health Department?s offices at 221 Hospital Drive in Fort Walton Beach and at 810 E. James Lee Blvd. in Crestview.
Additional clinics will be offered from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Dec. 7-17.
Health officials continue to urge people to wash their hands frequently and to stay home when they are ill.
The first cases of swine flu in the United States were reported in the spring. Testing for the illness was stopped in late July, except for in very specific instances, because the virus was so widespread.
For more information about the virus, go to www.flu.gov/evaluation.
Okaloosa has second swine flu death
October 27, 2009 6:37 PM
Angel McCurdy
Daily News
Okaloosa County has announced its second swine flu death in less than two weeks.
A 51-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions has died of the H1N1 virus, according to a news release by the Okaloosa County Health Department.
As with the first swine flu death, Health Department Director Dr. Karen Chapman has released no other details.
The Health Department announced Oct. 16 that a 33-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions also died of the H1N1 virus.
Health departments in Santa Rosa and Walton counties each have reported one death from the illness.
On Sept. 11, a 52-year-old Santa Rosa County man died. He had a history of hypertension and gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to health department officials.
He had been hospitalized a week before his death.
On Aug. 6, Chase Ray, a 21-year-old DeFuniak Springs man, became the area's first swine flu casualty when he died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.
A vaccine approved for the illness will be available through Nov. 21 in Okaloosa County. After a break for Thanksgiving, vaccinations will resume Nov. 30 and run through Dec. 5.
Clinics will be open from 1 until 8 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturdays at the Health Department?s offices at 221 Hospital Drive in Fort Walton Beach and at 810 E. James Lee Blvd. in Crestview.
Additional clinics will be offered from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Dec. 7-17.
Health officials continue to urge people to wash their hands frequently and to stay home when they are ill.
The first cases of swine flu in the United States were reported in the spring. Testing for the illness was stopped in late July, except for in very specific instances, because the virus was so widespread.
For more information about the virus, go to www.flu.gov/evaluation.