·         Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way。

　　·         Try to avoid close contact with sick people。

　　·         If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them。

　　What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?

　　If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze。

　　What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing or sneezing?

　　If you are sick, limit your contact with other people as much as possible. Do not go to work or school if ill. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Cover your cough or sneeze if you do not have a tissue. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze。

　　What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the flu?

　　Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. Wash with soap and water. or clean with alcohol-based hand cleaner. we recommend that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used. You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands。

　　What should I do if I get sick?

　　If you live in areas where swine influenza cases have been identified and become ill with influenza-like symptoms, including fever, body aches, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, you may want to contact their health care provider, particularly if you are worried about your symptoms. Your health care provider will determine whether influenza testing or treatment is needed。

　　If you are sick, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible to keep from spreading your illness to others。

　　If you become ill and experience any of the following warning signs, seek emergency medical care。

　　In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

　　·         Fast breathing or trouble breathing

　　·         Bluish skin color

　　·         Not drinking enough fluids

　　·         Not waking up or not interacting

　　·         Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held

　　·         Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

　　·         Fever with a rash

　　In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

　　·         Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

　　·         Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen

　　·         Sudden dizziness

　　·         Confusion

　　·         Severe or persistent vomiting

　　How serious is swine flu infection?

　　Like seasonal flu, swine flu in humans can vary in severity from mild to severe. Between 2005 until January 2009, 12 human cases of swine flu were detected in the U.S. with no deaths occurring. However, swine flu infection can be serious. In September 1988, a previously healthy 32-year-old pregnant woman in Wisconsin was hospitalized for pneumonia after being infected with swine flu and died 8 days later. A swine flu outbreak in Fort Dix, New Jersey occurred in 1976 that caused more than 200 cases with serious illness in several people and one death。

　　Can I get swine influenza from eating or preparing pork?

　　No. Swine influenza viruses are not spread by food. You cannot get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork products is safe。