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The influenza virus, or the flu, is a contagious respiratory disease that can lead to serious illness, hospitalization and in extreme cases, death. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones against the flu is to get a flu vaccine every year.
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Flu season is quickly approaching, and the County is making sure health care providers throughout the region are ready to respond.
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Two state COVID-19 testing and treatment sites in San Diego County are scheduled to close in the next two weeks, and the state plans to close the remaining four here by Feb. 25 because of declining demand. However, County public health officials said there are still plenty of places and options for San Diegans to get testing and treatment.
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The County Health and Human Services Agency is continuing to urge San Diegans to get tested if they develop COVID-19 symptoms and to get vaccinated with the bivalent booster if they haven’t already as the region enters the first week of 2023.
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The County Health and Human Services Agency is urging people to give themselves, their family and friends the best gift available this holiday season―vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 and the flu.
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Bivalent COVID-19 vaccination boosters are now approved and available in San Diego County for children as young as six months of age. The County Health and Human Services Agency is urging parents to protect their children, and themselves, by getting vaccinated with the new booster.
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San Diegans can now get tested for influenza at seven County sites that formerly only provided COVID-19 testing and certain treatment options.