DHSS Press Release

Rita Landgraf, Secretary
Carl Kanefsky, Communications Director
(302) 540-4979, Pager
Email: carl.kanefsky@delaware.gov

Date: March 19, 2010
DHSS-28-2010

H1N1 UPDATE - MARCH 18, 2010

Case Counts: For the period of March 7-13, no cases of H1N1 virus were confirmed by Delaware's Division of Public Health (DPH) lab. One case is being reported for the previous week due to the lag time between when a specimen was collected and when the positive test result was available. This case was hospitalized and released. There were no hospitalizations from H1N1 during the week of March 7-13, and Delaware's influenza activity status remains sporadic. There were 11 reports of influenza-like illness from DPH's network of sentinel providers from March 7-13, with four influenza-like illnesses the previous week. The total number of confirmed H1N1 cases since Oct. 4 is now 1,976.

School Vaccinations: School vaccinations were completed March 8.

Pharmacies Providing Free H1N1 Vaccine: DPH continues to subsidize the cost of H1N1 vaccine so that participating Delaware pharmacies can offer the shot free of charge to anyone age 18 or older. DPH officials urge all Delawareans to get vaccinated. Pharmacies currently offering free H1N1 shots are:

Pharmacy Name	Address	City
Happy Harry's and Walgreens	Most locations statewide
Independent Pharmacy	Atlantic Apothecary	Smyrna
	Cape Pharmacy	Lewes
	Saveway Compounding Pharmacy	Newark
Sav-On Pharmacy (ACME Markets)	1001 N DuPont Hwy	Dover
	950 Elkton Rd	Newark
	460 East Main St	Middletown
	146 Fox Hunt Dr, Rt 40	Bear
	Rt 7 & Valley Rd	Hockessin
	1308 Centerville Rd	Wilmington
Rite-Aid Eckerd Pharmacy		Claymont
		Millville
Rite-Aid		New Castle
Rite-Aid		Newark
Rite-Aid		Wilmington
Bayhealth Ambulatory Pharmacy ESI Medical		Dover
	SuperFresh	Claymont
	Pathmark	New Castle
	Pathmark	Newark
	SuperFresh	Newark
	SuperFresh	Rehoboth
	Pathmark	Wilmington
	SuperFresh	Wilmington
Safeway Pharmacy		Dover
Safeway		Rehoboth
	WalMart Supercenter	Georgetown
	WalMart Supercenter	Middletown
	WalMart Supercenter	Camden

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