Here is what you can do to stay healthy:

Wash your hands often with soap and water

• Washing your hands removes germs from your skin and helps prevent illnesses from spreading
• If hands are not visibly dirty, waterless alcohol-based hand gels containing at least 60% alcohol can also be effective in removing germs

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze

• Be sure to dispose of used tissues in a wastebasket

Try to avoid close contact with sick people

• Influenza is spread mainly person to person through the coughing or sneezing of infected people
• The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you stay home from work or school if you are experiencing flu like symptoms, to keep from infecting others.

Seek medical care if you are experiencing flu-like symptoms

• Antiviral medications are available to treat swine influenza

For more information www.cdc.gov