Multiple suburban communities are dealing with coronavirus outbreaks, as health officials warn residents to continue being vigilant as fall gets underway in earnest.
Lake County health officials said in a statement that at least 14 people who played or watched volleyball at Jesse Oaks Food and Drink in Gages Lake have tested positive for coronavirus. The gastroenterologist at Public Health - Oak Park, Carl Mueller, said the first indication of environmental exposure came when the patient was admitted to the hospital and her throat swelled and a cough developed, "deepening three or four days later." Jesus Dominguez, oral health officer, was one of the first people to be implicated when he was hospitalized Saturday and his symptoms were robust, the health department website states. Dominguez's case is being investigated as a suspected case of the rarer Sarcocystis pneumoniae pneumoniae Chikungunya virus. One consumer visiting the park Sunday afternoon reported to the health department he "suspected about 10 people ate undercooked steak during lunchtime and several people every day." There may actually be more secondary cases, since Mueller listed a "suggestive clinical picture" for one of the park visitors who tested positive in a fluke non finding test. Muller said illnesses were formally identified through interviews with at least four family members of the park visitor and genetic tests on eight blood samples. Anders Ericsson, epidemiologist, said health departments usually only identify a case once a confirmed case is identified, which can be days or weeks after the ailment begins. Cook County health authorities are attempting to connect cases of chickenpox in as many as 10 children who took part in a Chicago public school field trial of two vaccine carriers. The two children are very sick now, but officials don't know how many others they may be infected, said Michael Miller, chief public health officer for Cook County. The vaccine that protects the general public was licensed in 2005 in both cases, officials said. They're investigative into tens of cases to make sure they don't occur but so far there's still no confirmation yet. More updates will be released Monday morning. The virus, primarily linked to the haemorrhagic fever in West Africa and endemic to people in tropical climates, was first confirmed in the United States in May 2010. That same month in Frederick and Prince George's counties, Md., the pilot program did not work as the health department had hoped, health department associate medical director Mark Hackett said. Rabies prevention teams still are conducting re-assessments in two school areas in Prince George's County through the end of the year, said Hackett. Maryland health officials at the time would not reveal how many children had been vaccinated, and the tests out of the four laboratory studies have all came back negative for the virus. Luckily, we'll be spared from Japanese encephalitis, a deadly
Lake County health officials said in a statement that at least 14 people who played or watched volleyball at Jesse Oaks Food and Drink in Gages Lake have tested positive for coronavirus. The gastroenterologist at Public Health - Oak Park, Carl Mueller, said the first indication of environmental exposure came when the patient was admitted to the hospital and her throat swelled and a cough developed, "deepening three or four days later." Jesus Dominguez, oral health officer, was one of the first people to be implicated when he was hospitalized Saturday and his symptoms were robust, the health department website states. Dominguez's case is being investigated as a suspected case of the rarer Sarcocystis pneumoniae pneumoniae Chikungunya virus. One consumer visiting the park Sunday afternoon reported to the health department he "suspected about 10 people ate undercooked steak during lunchtime and several people every day." There may actually be more secondary cases, since Mueller listed a "suggestive clinical picture" for one of the park visitors who tested positive in a fluke non finding test. Muller said illnesses were formally identified through interviews with at least four family members of the park visitor and genetic tests on eight blood samples. Anders Ericsson, epidemiologist, said health departments usually only identify a case once a confirmed case is identified, which can be days or weeks after the ailment begins. Cook County health authorities are attempting to connect cases of chickenpox in as many as 10 children who took part in a Chicago public school field trial of two vaccine carriers. The two children are very sick now, but officials don't know how many others they may be infected, said Michael Miller, chief public health officer for Cook County. The vaccine that protects the general public was licensed in 2005 in both cases, officials said. They're investigative into tens of cases to make sure they don't occur but so far there's still no confirmation yet. More updates will be released Monday morning. The virus, primarily linked to the haemorrhagic fever in West Africa and endemic to people in tropical climates, was first confirmed in the United States in May 2010. That same month in Frederick and Prince George's counties, Md., the pilot program did not work as the health department had hoped, health department associate medical director Mark Hackett said. Rabies prevention teams still are conducting re-assessments in two school areas in Prince George's County through the end of the year, said Hackett. Maryland health officials at the time would not reveal how many children had been vaccinated, and the tests out of the four laboratory studies have all came back negative for the virus. Luckily, we'll be spared from Japanese encephalitis, a deadly
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