Student Health Center monitoring influenza A (H1N1)/swine flu issue
Sacramento State officials are working with health officials and the California State University Chancellor’s office to monitor and address the influenza A (H1N1)/swine flu situation.
As of 4 p.m., Friday, May, 1, no cases of influenza A (H1N1)/swine flu had been reported among Sacramento State students, faculty or staff.
“We’re in contact with city, county and state health agencies and we’re updated every three hours by the Centers for Disease Control,” says Dr. Diane Sipkin, medical chief of staff at the Student Health Services. “Our duty right now is to be proactive, and to plan, track changes and be ready.”
She says the campus has an emergency plan for handling an influenza outbreak and will activate it should the need occur. “Our job is to protect the students, faculty and staff.”
Most of the cases already reported in the United States have been relatively mild.
