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Norwalk health staff warn of respiratory-season uptick, note measles and new H3N2 subclade
Summary
At its Nov. 25 meeting the Norwalk Board of Health heard an epidemiology update from health department staff warning of a seasonal rise in respiratory illnesses around Thanksgiving, noting an H3N2 subclade and national measles figures; the department urged vaccination and usual precautions.
At the Nov. 25 meeting of the Norwalk Board of Health, Brian Meeks of the health department said Thanksgiving week marks the start of the community’s respiratory-illness season and urged residents and agencies to prepare.
Meeks, presenting the department’s CDC-backed surveillance data, said Connecticut’s emergency-department indicators are at low activity and that COVID‑19 is at “very low with no change,” while influenza is at low but showing an increasing trend. “We’re gonna be hitting the catalyst or this is the catalyst this week, for things to pick up,” Meeks said.
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