4/18/22 - Child Death Linked To The Flu

Monday, April 18, 2022 at 9:48 AM

The first influenza-related child death this season, was a child from Kalamazoo County.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first influenza-related child death in Michigan for the 2021-2022 flu season.

The agency said Friday that the reported death involves a child from Kalamazoo County who contracted a flu strain known as A/H3, the agency said Friday. It did not reveal the age of the child.

Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive for the Michigan health agency, says “once children reach six months of age it is recommended they receive two doses of the flu vaccine for their first series.”

The agency said there currently has been an increased number of people report flu-like symptoms and hospitalizations in the state, which is not typical for this time of the year.

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