School Offers H1N1 Flu Prevention Advice to Students, Faculty, and Campus Visitors

Keep watch for symptoms and practice good hygiene and social distancing

June 01, 2009  --We continue to monitor the H1N1 flu ("swine flu") outbreak, using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as resources. In order to protect all who live and work at the Academy, we have established the following guidelines for visitors and those who will be participating in programs on campus:

• Before arriving on campus, if you have been recently exposed to someone diagnosed with flu, or to someone who has flu-like symptoms (fever AND one or more of the following respiratory symptoms: cough, nasal congestion, or sore throat), please do not come to campus for seven days after your potential exposure, assuming that you have remained healthy.
• If you are currently diagnosed with the flu, or have flu-like symptoms (as described above), please do not come to campus until one week after the start of your illness, or 24 hours after the resolution of your symptoms, whichever period is longer.

To protect against the flu, the CDC says: 1) wash your hands frequently; 2) reduce unnecessary social contact; and 3) seek medical attention if you don’t feel well.

Everyone in the Andover community is looking forward to proceeding with all scheduled events, including commencement, reunion weekend and our summer programs. We will post more information on the website as the situation changes