Clovis Unified is also more absences, almost four hundred more absences a day than normal. Health officials say that may be part of the reason the flu isn't spreading as quickly as it is in other schools around the country. "That may be part of the reason we don't have it, so much at this point because people are aware of it, and the message is getting out there," said Jeanne Prandini, the district's coordinator of nursing and health services.
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Absences up at Fresno area schools as the H1N1 virus spreads
Fresno, CA H1N1 vaccines are in short supply for now but the district does have limited doses to distribute to a targeted group of high risk students. Until supply catches up with the demand, they're counting on students and parents to do their part to combat the flu's spread. They're encouraging children to practice good hygiene by washing their hands and covering their coughs. The classrooms at Jefferson Elementary School in central Fresno have hand washing stations where students can go at anytime and another hand washing station is set up as students enter the cafeteria. Parents all over the district are also asked to keep their sick children at home. "If their child is ill with a fever or cough, or if they just aren't well enough to go to school, they need to stay home," said Torna.
