Jackson County Health Department: cyclospora outbreak contained; POD drill planned for October

Deputy Health Officer Matthew told the committee the local cyclospora outbreak has effectively ended in early August and that health staff recorded 440 confirmed cases among Jackson County residents, interviewing roughly 60% of those affected to trace exposures. "We had over, I think it was 400 cases... 440 cases of cyclospora affecting Jackson County residents where we interviewed, so talked with people on the phone and or collected information via electronic survey, about 60 percent of those individuals," Matthew said. He reassured the committee that, based on local investigation, the outbreak was statistically linked to produce largely distributed from Mexico and called out several retail outlets as commonly reported in interviews.