LIVE IN THE STUDIO. ALEXIS. JENNIFER. RICK. LOCAL DOCTORS TELL ME THEY’RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT A COVID SPIKE AS KIDS RETURN TO SCHOOL. AND FOR GOOD REASON. FOUR YEARS AGO, DAILY COVID CASES AND DEATHS IN KENTUCKY WERE GUT WRENCHING. TODAY, BECAUSE OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. SO COVID IS ALIVE AND WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT IS OUT THERE. THE GOOD NEWS WHILE LOCAL HOSPITALS ARE SEEING SOME PATIENTS, JEFFERSON COUNTY IS LOW ON THE TOTEM POLE FOR COVID CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND E.R. VISITS, ESPECIALLY THANKS TO VACCINES. AND WHAT WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS VIRUS. WE’RE IN A MUCH DIFFERENT POSITION, BUT AMID THE NORMAL SUMMER SURGE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTORS RECOMMEND STEPS TO PREVENT AN ALARMING RISE IN CASES, PARTICULARLY AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO THE CLASSROOMS FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS. IF YOU’RE SICK WITH A FEVER, COUGH OR ANY RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, STAY HOME, PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE BY WASHING YOUR HANDS AND COVERING YOUR COUGHS OR SNEEZES, AND MAKE SURE YOU’RE STAYING UP TO DATE ON COVID 19 AND FLU VACCINES. COVID 19 VACCINES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR EVERYONE SIX MONTHS AND OLDER. NOW. WE SHOULD HAVE BRAND NEW COVID VACCINES AVAILABLE SOON. UM. UM, HOPEFULLY AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY SCHOOLS CAN ALSO HELP MITIGATE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. WE ARE HOPING THAT THE INSTITUTIONS THAT IS THE SCHOOLS AND THINGS WILL HAVE BETTER VENTILATION FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE ALONG WITH CONTINUED, UH, DISINFECTING OF AREAS. DOCTORS NOTE THE STRIDES LOUISVILLE AND KENTUCKY AS A WHOLE HAVE MADE IN PREVENTING COVID TREATING THE VIRUS AND KEEPING NUMBERS DOWN, AND TO STAY THE COURSE. THE COMMUNITY IS URGED TO CONTINUE DOING THEIR PART. THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY VIRUSES THAT CAN, UM, INFECT CHILDREN. AND SO WE TAKE ALL THE PRECAUTIONS WITH THIS VIRUS THAT WE DO WITH OTHER VIRUSES TO PREVENT SPREAD AND HEALTH EXPERTS SAY WE SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER SPIKE AS THE HOLIDAYS APPROACH.
Is again to university a priority amid national COVID-19 surge? Louisville medical doctors weigh in
Up to date: 6:36 PM EDT Aug 5, 2024
Jefferson County Public Colleges scholars are making ready to go back to the lecture rooms this week, however native well being professionals say they don’t seem to be anxious in regards to the unfold of COVID-19.In comparison to COVID-19 surges taking place around the nation, circumstances in Louisville are low, however medical doctors warn the virus isn’t going away.“COVID is alive and neatly, sadly, and it’s in the market,” stated Dr. Mark Burns, infectious illness specialist for UofL Well being.The excellent news is that whilst native hospitals are seeing some sufferers, Jefferson County is low at the totem pole for neighborhood possibility, circumstances, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits for COVID-19.Then again, amid the standard summer season surge, medical doctors counsel steps to stop an alarming upward thrust in circumstances, specifically as scholars go back to university. If youngsters and lecturers are in poor health with a fever, cough, or any breathing sickness, they’re suggested to stick house. Apply excellent hygiene by way of washing your fingers and masking your coughs or sneezes. Make sure to’re staying up-to-the-minute on COVID-19 and flu vaccines.“COVID-19 vaccines are really helpful for everybody six months and older,” stated Dr. Kris Bryant, affiliate scientific director on the Louisville Metro Division of Public Well being and Wellness. ”We will have to even have emblem new COVID vaccines to be had quickly, expectantly as early as September.”Well being professionals say faculties too can assist mitigate the unfold of the virus.“We hope that the establishments and faculties may have higher air flow for other folks, together with persevered disinfecting of spaces,” Burns stated.4 years after the gut-wrenching collection of day-to-day COVID-19 circumstances and deaths within the commonwealth, professionals notice the strides Louisville and Kentucky have made in fighting COVID-19, treating the virus and maintaining numbers down.To stick the direction, the neighborhood is requested to proceed doing their section.“Now, particularly due to vaccines and what we have now discovered about this virus, we are in a miles other place,” Bryant stated. “That is simply one of the viruses that may infect youngsters, so take the entire precautions with this virus that we do with different viruses to stop unfold.”Well being professionals say we will have to be expecting every other spike in circumstances as the vacations method.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Colleges scholars are making ready to go back to the lecture rooms this week, however native well being professionals say they don’t seem to be anxious in regards to the unfold of COVID-19.In comparison to COVID-19 surges taking place around the nation, circumstances in Louisville are low, however medical doctors warn the virus isn’t going away.
“COVID is alive and neatly, sadly, and it’s in the market,” stated Dr. Mark Burns, infectious illness specialist for UofL Well being.
The excellent news is that whilst native hospitals are seeing some sufferers, Jefferson County is low at the totem pole for neighborhood possibility, circumstances, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits for COVID-19.Then again, amid the standard summer season surge, medical doctors counsel steps to stop an alarming upward thrust in circumstances, specifically as scholars go back to university.
If youngsters and lecturers are in poor health with a fever, cough, or any breathing sickness, they’re suggested to stick house. Apply excellent hygiene by way of washing your fingers and masking your coughs or sneezes. Make sure to’re staying up-to-the-minute on COVID-19 and flu vaccines.
“COVID-19 vaccines are really helpful for everybody six months and older,” stated Dr. Kris Bryant, affiliate scientific director on the Louisville Metro Division of Public Well being and Wellness. ”We will have to even have emblem new COVID vaccines to be had quickly, expectantly as early as September.”Well being professionals say faculties too can assist mitigate the unfold of the virus.“We hope that the establishments and faculties may have higher air flow for other folks, together with persevered disinfecting of spaces,” Burns stated.
4 years after the gut-wrenching collection of day-to-day COVID-19 circumstances and deaths within the commonwealth, professionals notice the strides Louisville and Kentucky have made in fighting COVID-19, treating the virus and maintaining numbers down.
To stick the direction, the neighborhood is requested to proceed doing their section.“Now, particularly due to vaccines and what we have now discovered about this virus, we are in a miles other place,” Bryant stated. “That is simply one of the viruses that may infect youngsters, so take the entire precautions with this virus that we do with different viruses to stop unfold.”Well being professionals say we will have to be expecting every other spike in circumstances as the vacations method.
