{"id":10480,"date":"2025-03-01T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/dhan99\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:58:04","slug":"dhan99","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan99\/","title":{"rendered":"php\/alerts\/dhan99 ~  Division of Public Health &#8212; Health Alert  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/php\/alerts\/dhan99.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1>Delaware Health Alert Network #<!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Number\"]-->99A <!--[END]--> <\/h1>\n\n      <h2> <!--[type=EDIT name=\"DHAN Date\"]-->June 24, 2005 12:40 PM <!--[END]--> <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Delaware Public Health Laboratory (DPHL) Director Dr. Jane Getchell announced that the lab tested samples\n\n\n  taken from people attending or in the vicinity of the football game.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Dr. Getchell said that while the laboratory testing initially confirmed tularemia, lab personnel must still complete confirmation\n\n\n  procedures. Such procedures include a preliminary test upon completion of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, which could take up to\n\n\n  24 hours. After that, PCR results must be confirmed by further patient testing, which could take up to five or more days.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  As of June 24 at 1:00 p.m., DPH reported 319 confirmed cases statewide with two deaths.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Tularemia is not spread by person-to-person contact and can be treated with antibiotics for asymptomatic people. If untreated, people can\n\n\n  experience chest pain, catch pneumonia, have difficulty breathing or even stop breathing, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention\n\n\n  and Control.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  DPH Director Dr. Jaime H. Rivera asks Delawareans who are not sick, but who were at or near the June 21 Green and Black football game at\n\n\n  the North Delaware University in Newark on June 21, to report to one of three NEHCs established at Delaware Technical and Community\n\n\n  College campuses:\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n  <li>Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Terry Campus, 1000 Campus Drive, Dover; and\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n  <li>Jack F. Owens Campus, Route 18, Georgetown . \u00a0\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  These people need to be assessed by NEHC medical personnel because of their potential exposure, Dr. Rivera said. Up to 7,000 people\n\n\n  attended the June 21 football game at the intersection of Route 896 and Route 4.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  <strong>People with symptoms should report directly to any hospital emergency department.<\/strong> Symptoms of tularemia are a fever over\n\n\n  100 degrees, shortness of breath and backaches similar to a severe bout of the flu. Antibiotic supplies in the state are sufficient to\n\n\n  treat all exposed to the illness.\u00a0 Physicians will refer very sick people to established acute care centers as needed, Dr. Rivera\n\n\n  said.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  For more information, call the DPH Call Center 24 hours daily at 1-800-577-1111.\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  \u00a0\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"text-center\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n\n\n  &#8211;THIS IS AN EXERCISE&#8211;\n\n\n<\/h2><!--[END]-->\n\n  \n\n        <div class=\"panel panel-danger\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel-heading\">    \n\n      <h2>Categories of Health Alert messages:<\/h2>\n\n       <\/div>\n\n       <div class=\"panel-body\">\n\n      <ul>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Alert:<\/strong> Conveys the highest level of importance; warrants immediate action or attention.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Advisory:<\/strong> Provides important information for a specific incident or situation; may not require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Health Update:<\/strong> Provides updated information regarding an incident or situation; unlikely to require immediate action.<\/li>\n\n            <\/ul>\n\n         <div><strong>NOTE: This page is for informational purposes only and dated material (e.g. temporary websites) may not be available.<\/strong><\/div>\n\n          <\/div> \n\n        <\/div><br>  \n\n\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><!-- \/container -->\n\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen Delaware Health Alert Network #99A June 24, 2005 12:40 PM Public Health Menu Home About About DPH Sections &#038; Programs Office Locations Contact Info Calendar Services A-Z Services Air &#038; Water Quality Birth, Death, &#038; Marriage Records Clinics Health Data &#038; Statistics Emergency Preparedness Health &#038; Wellness Healthy Homes Healthy Workplaces Laboratory Restaurant Inspections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":9294,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11656,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10480\/revisions\/11656"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-test.dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}