Orange County declares health emergency due to flu, RSV cases - KTLA Los Angeles

by: Associated Press

Posted: Nov 1, 2022 / 08:44 AM PDT

Updated: Nov 1, 2022 / 10:14 AM PDT

A wellness exigency has been declared successful Orange County owed to rapidly spreading microorganism infections.

The region wellness serviceman issued the declaration Monday owed to grounds numbers of pediatric hospitalizations and regular exigency country visits, the O.C. Health Care Agency said successful a property release.

“Additionally, a Proclamation of Local Emergency has been declared, which allows the County to entree State and Federal resources to code the concern and question communal assistance from surrounding counties,” the connection said.

Last week, neighboring San Diego County’s nationalist wellness bureau sounded a akin alarm.

“Local wellness providers are seeing an aboriginal spike successful flu and respiratory syncytial microorganism (RSV) cases, and portion COVID-19 cases are presently trending down successful the region, a triple whammy of each 3 viruses circulating astatine the aforesaid clip could pb to strains connected the already overburdened aesculapian system,” a San Diego County connection said.

While determination is nary approved vaccine for RSV — though Pfizer has 1 successful development — Orange County’s wellness officer, Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, said children and at-risk individuals should support up to day connected flu and COVID-19 vaccinations, deterioration masks indoors and enactment location erstwhile sick.