What is the state doing?

Governor Joe Manchin has appointed a Pandemic Flu Working Group to prepare West Virginia for a pandemic influenza outbreak. State agencies, municipalities, hospitals, health care providers, businesses, industries and community leaders are working together to minimize the effect of an influenza pandemic on everyday life. We are:
  • Developing cross state agency preparedness and response plans.
  • Helping communities in development of local plans.
  • With local communities, developing plans to distribute vaccine when and if it is available during a pandemic.
  • Developing plans to distribute antivirals that would be sent from federal stockpiles. Considering state purchase of antiviral medications.
  • Helping health care facilities plan for a patient load much larger than normal with short staffing.
  • Helping businesses prepare to keep their critical operations going.
  • Planning to ensure that essential supplies to the state do not stop.
  • Tracking the occurrence of flu like illness in our state.