{"id":10468,"date":"2025-03-01T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan87\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:56:57","slug":"dhan87","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan87\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan87 ~  Division of Public Health &#8211; &#8211; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan87.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->87 <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->October 21, 2004 2:05 pm <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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means any person authorized under the laws of Delaware to administer influenza vaccinations.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  &#8220;High risk categories&#8221; means:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"decimal\">\n\n\n  <li>all children aged 6-23 months;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>adults aged 65 years or older\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>person aged 2-64 years with underlying chronic medical conditions;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>all women who will be pregnant during influenza season;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>resident of nursing homes and long-term care facilities;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>children aged 6 months-18 years on chronic aspirin therapy;\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>health care workers involved in direct patient care; and\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>out-of-home caregivers and household contacts of children aged <6 months.\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  This order is issued due to a shortage of vaccine within the State of Delaware. Chiron Corporation has notified the Centers for Disease\n\n\n  Control and Prevention that none of its influenza vaccine will be available for distribution in the United States for\u00a0 the 2004-2005\n\n\n  influenza season. This development will reduce by approximately one half the expected supply of influenza vaccine available in the United\n\n\n  States for the 2004-2005 influenza season.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  It is further ordered that health care providers and others that possess influenza vaccine cooperate with the Division of Public Health\n\n\n  to assess vaccine supply and coordinate vaccination of persons in high risk categories.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  It is further ordered that health care providers prominently post this Order to Control Influenza Vaccination in locations where\n\n\n  influenza vaccination is administered.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  This order shall take effect immediately.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"strong\">\n\n\n  IT IS SO ORDERED.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Vincent P. Meconi \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 October 21, 2004<br>\n\n\n  VINCENT P. 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