Mutating so as you say people are getting it, then getting a different strain of it again. Two times in the same season. You mentioned that 1,000 cases in week in delaware. Well in new jersey, in the most recent week, 3,000 cases and in pennsylvania, 26 people died in a single week and these numbers so far are not getting better. Trip to urgent care is where seventh grade teacher tara noel ended up after school tuesday. I have some cough, congestion im had it all weekend. Im teacher so im around kids and germs all day. Reporter she moved fast. Doctors say if you want to kick the flu or at least dramaly reduce its effects youve got treat it win 48 hours. We have anti virals that we give to patients in the form of a pill. What that does decreasing the severity of the disease in the patient but also decreases the communicable of the disease. Nurse practitioner amys patient case load at my Doc Urgent Care in center city is up their over the past few weeks which has been worst so this flu s
Trip to urgent care is where seventh grade teacher tara noel ended up after school tuesday. I have some cough, congestion im had it all weekend. Im teacher so im around kids and germs all day. Reporter she moved fast. Doctors say if you want to kick the flu or at least dramaly reduce its effects youve got treat it win 48 hours. We have anti virals that we give to patients in the form of a pill. What that does decreasing the severity of the disease in the patient but also decreases the communicable of the disease. Nurse practitioner amys patient case load at my Doc Urgent Care in center city is up their over the past few weeks which has been worst so this flu season. Were actually breaking records with more than 47,000 cases now reported in pennsylvania. 10,000 in new jersey. And 3,000 in delaware. Most patienting with a type a strain. Were seeing more a than b for sure. A is associated with. Avian flew h1n1. Its more severe symptoms. Reporter whats worse than getting the new . I have s
Enough. Some people are getting it twi twice. Just not cool. And developing right now, white powder sent to the president s son. Ended up in his daughterinlaws hands. Turns out it was corn starve. Still, what is scare. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. New season is in full swing in the Delaware Valley and across the country. If not you yourself probably a lot of your coworkers have called out sick already but dont get surprised or doubt them if they say theyre sick with the flu again. Good evening, im lucy noland. It turns out the strains of the virus this year are infecting some people with a double whammy as we take live look at wilmington, delaware, Officials Say theyve confirmed nearly a thousand cases of flew in a single week. That is the most ever and ten people in delaware have died. Even though more than half of them got this years flu shot. So what is going on . Our brad sattin has been getting the 411 from doctors live now in center city. Brad, i hope youre not feeling little sick.
Degrees this afternoon. I will take a close look at those winds when i come back in less than ten minutes. First Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Starting off in new jersey in morning this is. 6 right around Gloucester City around market street, right here this traffic is moving northbound toward the bridges, right before the walt whitman and ben franklin bridge. No big problems volume or delays moving towards philadelphia but we have problems in philadelphia. Police activity reported on aramingo avenue, closed in both directions north and southbound between clearfield and ann street. Upper moreland an obstruction on easton and barrett road. Route 202 drive times right here, you can see still on the green in the roads north on southbound. Average speeds are into the high 50s or high 60s here if you can see on the northbound side. Everything moving along no obstructions there. Also watching mass transit, everything pretty much running on time or close to schedule, septa,
Under arrest for dui, he smashed into parked cars and left the scene. Its windy and cold out there, david. Reporter a wind advisory has been extended through 7 00 p. M. All day throughout the area. Wind gusts could go up to 40, 45 Miles Per Hour. This cse you a problem with debris on roads maybe trees coming down today and tree branches in the highways and byways. On radar you can detect snow showers in new york state and northeastern pennsylvania. Wouldnt be out of the question if the poconos picks that up. It is cold, 38 in philadelphia. 36 in allentown. 36 in reading. 37 in wilmington, trenton and millville. When you factor in the wind it feels like the 20s. So bundle up. Weve got a couple of 30degree windchills down south, but most of us feeling like the 20s this morning. As we go through the next 12 hours its chilly. 36 degrees by 7 00 a. M. Noon, 41. The high of 45 hits it at 3 00 p. M. Even then well have windchills in the 30s. Loosms tomorrow is another looks like tomorrow is a