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Ready for swine flu, round two
County, village, school officials step up awareness of germ-spreading season
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The Village of Malverne is working alongside Nassau County officials in an effort to increase awareness of the H1N1 flu virus and the seasonal flu — and the precautions to minimize exposure to them — before cold weather arrives.
At the monthly board of trustees meeting on Sept. 2, Mayor Patricia Ann McDonald announced that the village is working with County Executive Tom Suozzi and other county representatives to help advance H1N1 precautionary efforts. The virus, commonly known as the swine flu, has garnered much media attention since people around the world caught different strains of the virus in April and May.
“The Village of Malverne has been working with the Nassau County Department of Emergency Management to ensure that our local municipalities are fully prepared for H1N1,” McDonald said. “We are committed to getting the word out to our residents that they should start taking precautions now so they can stay healthy this winter.”
County officials announced on Aug. 25 that they had purchased refrigerators to store an H1N1 vaccine, which is expected to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention next month. Malverne’s deputy mayor, James Callahan, commissioner of the county’s Office of Emergency Management, said the county is well prepared for this year’s flu season, and that county officials anticipate that there will be cases of H1N1.
Callahan noted that the county is expecting to receive enough H1N1 vaccines for pregnant women, anyone between the ages of 6 months and 24 years, health care workers, emergency medical personnel and others whose risk of contracting the virus is the highest.
“The Nassau County Office of Emergency Management has been working with local governments and schools to develop a plan to combat the flu in the event of an outbreak of the H1N1 virus,” he said. “We are fully prepared for the flu season, and ask all residents to be aggressive in their own preventive measures as well.”
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