Dothan, Ala Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
UPDATED - See Alabama Health Alert Message On Respiratory Cluster
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While we don’t have an answer yet of the cause of a small geographically linked cluster of unidentified respiratory illnesses in southeast Alabama (see Press Conference On Dothan, Alabama Respiratory Cluster), we do have another video news report from a local TV station that provides us with a few more details.
(Click Image to watch 2 minute Newscast)
WFSA-TV reports that the cases all involve adults (age range from early 20’s to late 80s), and they were all admitted to the Southeast Alabama Medical Center starting last Thursday.
Two patients have died (reported by other media as over the weekend), and samples are being tested by the CDC.
I’ve not been able to locate the `letter’ to doctors the newscast describes, any announcement on the the SAMC webpage, or any HAN (Health Alert Network) message from the state or CDC regarding this case (updated Aabama Health Alert Message On Respiratory Cluster).
Hopefully we’ll get some clarity over the cause from the lab tests sometime today.
