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Yolo County health officer urges flu and COVID vaccines, warns of avian influenza risks from raw dairy and animal contact
Summary
Health Officer Dr. Amy Sisson updated the Board on continuing COVID circulation and rising influenza, RSV and norovirus activity, and described California detections of H5N1 avian influenza in wild birds, commercial poultry and dairy cows. She urged vaccination, avoiding raw milk and PPE for workers.
Dr. Amy Sisson, Yolo County’s public health officer, told the Board of Supervisors that COVID‑19 continues to circulate but at low levels locally while influenza A, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and norovirus are currently widespread. She also briefed supervisors on the state’s avian influenza (H5N1) situation and recommended precautions for people working with poultry, dairy cattle or wild birds.
Sisson said wastewater levels of SARS‑CoV‑2 in Yolo County have been “unseasonably low” since last summer. She urged residents to get the updated 2024‑25 COVID vaccine, which she said reduces emergency‑department and hospitalization risk and can be co‑administered with seasonal influenza vaccine.
On other respiratory pathogens, Sisson said influenza A and RSV are at…
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