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Seasonal Influenza (Flu)

Learn more about how you can prevent the spread of influenza.

• Influenza questions and answers
• Staying healthy
• Vaccine information
• Where to get your flu shot
• What to do if
• Resources
• Pandemic planning 
• Sites with more information

Influenza

• Questions and answers

Staying healthy

• Tips to stay healthy (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
• Handwashing and alcohol-based hand sanitizers

Vaccine Information:

• General questions and answers about vaccines
• Novartis Flu Vaccines - Back in Use: Questions and Answers, November 1, 2012 (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)

Where to Get Your Flu Shot:

• Follow this link to learn where you can get your flu shot.

What to do if:

• You or someone in your home is sick
• You think you have the flu (Influenza Self-Assessment Tool) 

Resources

• Final Report: 2009-2010 Sudbury & District Health Unit pH1N1 Response
• Fact sheets, posters 

Pandemic planning

• Sudbury & District Health Unit Pandemic Plan
• Ontario Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic
• Interagency Pandemic Plan for the Health Sector, Across the Manitoulin and Sudbury Districts 

Sites with more information

• Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• www.fightflu.ca
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• World Health Organization
• Ontario's Public Health Agency