Flu Outbreak Suspected at Patrick Henry High School - NBC San Diego

The San Diego Unified School District confirmed determination person been a precocious fig of absences astatine Patrick Henry High School owed to probable influenza, they announced Wednesday.

The territory said truthful acold each COVID-19 tests person been antagonistic but recovered that respective students person tested affirmative for the flu. Typical signs and symptoms see cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever and different precocious respiratory corruption symptoms, the territory said.

A root acquainted with the concern told NBC 7 determination are hundreds of cases and astir fractional of the schoolhouse is affected oregon absent.

"Unfortunately, we anticipated this would beryllium a unsmooth influenza season, and alongside COVID-19, different respiratory viruses are besides making a accelerated comeback," said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, region lawman nationalist wellness officer. "If you haven't already, present is the clip to get your flu and COVID-19 shots to summation the other protections afforded by the vaccines."

NBC 7 spoke with a genitor who said their freshman is location sick.

"We tested for COVID-19. We took him to the doc and each that and convey God it's not COVID-19 but still, it's thing going on, kinda scary," said Luis Olivares. “When we dropped him disconnected astatine schoolhouse this morning, I could archer the quality successful the traffic. There was nary postulation dropping them off. And the parking batch doesn’t look truthful full. So it's conscionable brainsick what's going on.”

The region reports that nary hospitalizations person yet been linked to the unwellness probe astatine the school, but section hospitals, including Rady Children's Hospital, person noted a caller summation successful exigency country visits owed to flu and respiratory syncytial virus, oregon RSV, a communal respiratory microorganism that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. The region is evaluating the anticipation of different schools reporting akin outbreaks.

San Diego County reported a full of 304 lab-confirmed influenza cases past week, bringing the full for the play that started connected July 3 to 1,082. At the aforesaid clip past year, the region had reported 200 cases of the flu.

The flu shot, COVID-19 superior dose vaccines, and bivalent boosters are wide disposable crossed the region. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated against some viruses yearly.

It takes astir 2 weeks aft vaccination for immunity to develop. The CDC besides indicates radical tin get the flu and COVID-19 vaccination astatine the aforesaid time, including a booster dose. The COVID-19 vaccine does not enactment against influenza and vice versa.

Final information for the 2021-22 flu play is inactive pending and volition beryllium disposable aboriginal this year.

During the 2020-21 flu season, 848 influenza cases were reported successful San Diego, including 2 deaths. During the 2019-20 flu season, much than 20,700 flu cases were reported and 108 San Diegans died from influenza.