Officials Prepare for Flu Season During COVID-19 Pandemic

Health experts warn this flu season could be more challenging because of covid-19.

The symptoms for both illnesses are very similar.

News 12's Joeli Poole spoke with local health officials on how to help prepare for this upcoming flu season.

Have more on our everyday forecast coming up in ... health experts warned that receiving could be more challenging to have come in 19 answer both illnesses are very similar in style selling pools for local health officials on how to help prepare for this coming is anything ... question is with a systolic winter because the 19 because the 1915 from the income of the 19 are highly infectious respiratory illnesses health department officials say that those signatures had very similar symptoms of being a flu shot might be helpful in nearly down your enemy to our so similar that if you have access sentence it's going to be next to impossible for you to differentiate between if that player is a bit so if you get your flu shot you have to take that one out the next that you can narrow your focus and you certainly don't want that to be diseases at the same time as th bodies of the heating coming up and are able to contract with the flu in the coronavirus team time that they needed to help expert help that this will be an even good people following the guidelines that are already in place that everything that were doing to protect ourselves against that are also the exacting things that we need to do to protect ourselves against the wearing of mass social distancing washing your hands all of those things come into play for both of those viruses so now we kind of got into the habit of the master social distancing washing the sanitizer were getting the area in a very good position leasing this year dr. still recommend that anyone inside your home ca damage the fever you should sel pointing into the center person receives a negative coveted test and if you want to avoid the fleet nation and those medical links and pharmacies that you should speak with the