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Swine Flu Information
  • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
  • Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are also effective.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs spread that way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
  • Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
  • If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

FURTHER QUESTIONS and to REPORT ANY FLU-RELATED SCHOOL CLOSINGS:
U.S Department of Education
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools
flu@ed.gov
H1N1 Flu & US Schools
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
LEAD & MANAGE MY SCHOOL
Emergency Planning: Influenza Outbreak
www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/pandemic/index.html#2009
For the latest up-to-date information for comprehensive flu preparedness visit the US Government H1N1, avian, and pandemic flu information at  www.flu.gov and www.fns.usda.gov

US Government H1N1 Information
New York State H1N1 Information
For pandemic flu information and planning materials, go to www.pandemicflu.gov