LAST
REPORTING PERIOD, ACCORDING TO
MONTANA’S DEPARTMENTF O
PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES.THAT BRINGS TOTAL
MONTANA FLU RELATED DEATHS TO
FIVE FOR THE SEASON.THE LATEST
NUMBERS FROM DPHHS ALSO SHOW
NELYAR 14-HUNDRED *NEW CASES FOR
THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 15TTOH.
DATE, THE STATE HAS RECORD 4ED
THOUSAND-698 FLU CASES...
AND 244 HOSPITALIZATIONS...TWO
MONTANA COUNTIES..
YELLOWSTONE AND CASCADE HAVE
SEEN MORE THAN 500
CASES OF THE FLU.####




[(***MJENSEN***)]HEALTH
OFFICIALS INEW LIS AND CLARK
COUNTY SAY THEY
HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN FLU CASES
THIS MONTHSTATE OFFICIALS Y SA
LEWIS
AND CLARK COUNTY SAW16 1 NEW
CASES OVER THE LAST REPORTING
PERIOD...
AND HAS SEEN NEARLY 350 CASES
SINCE THE SEASON BEGAN IN
THE FALL.PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
SUPERVISOR, SHELLY MAAG SAYS
EVEN
THOUGH WE ARMONTE HS INTO FLU
SEASON IT NISOT TOO LATE TO GET
THE FLU VACCINE...AND IF YOU
THINK YOU ARE SICK OR GETTING
SICK...
TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT SPREADING
THE VIRUS.# ##




{I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS
NUMBER ONE, STILL GET YOUR FLU
VACCINE.
IT TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS
FOR IT TO WORK AND EVEN IFOU Y
GET EXPOSED AND GET THE ILLNESS,
CHILLS, FEEL BETTER BEFORE YOU
GO BACK TOORK WOR
BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT’S
WHAT SPREADS, WHEN YOU’RE AROUND
A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ONE
OF THEM IS SICK--IT SPREADS
REALLY FAST.
}[(***MJENS*N **)]HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY
REGULARLY WASHING YOUR HAN CDSAN
ALSO GREATLY HP EL
REGULARLY WASHING YOUR HANDS CAN
ALSO GREATLY HELP
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE
FLU.###




[(***MJENSEN***)]CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST CURTIS GREVENITZ
IS BACK AFTER THE
BRK EAWITH A COMPLETE CHECK OF
YOUR FORECAST IN STORM T
