What is the Jefferson County Health Department (JCHD) doing about the avian flu?
A. The Jefferson County Health Department has an active disease surveillance program. If there is evidence of an avian flu outbreak in Jefferson County, the JCHD is prepared to set up dispensing sites to vaccinate healthy people, if a vaccine is available, and to distribute antiviral medication to people with symptoms. The priority groups for dispensing these medications will be based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who will be providing the medication. We will take action to control the spread of the disease including a public education campaign.
