All 75 Counties Now Report Flu
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
All 75 counties in Arkansas have now
reported cases of flu or flu-like symptoms.
The state Health Department said that according the latest
reports from county health units, the following counties have now
reported cases -- Izard...Lawrence...Cross...Crittenden....St.
Francis...Lee and Monroe.
Health Department spokesman Bob Alvey says that the flu could
have been present in the counties for some time before it was
discovered or reported.
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Flu season hit hard Arkansas early and hard.
Officials at Arkansas Children`s Hospital say they have counted
351 cases, more than 10 times normal for this time of year. Three
Arkansans have died of flu complications.
Health officials are still encouraging people to get the flu
vaccine. State health units are running low on vaccine, but many
private doctors still have plenty.
