The CDC is going to continue tracking this year’s particularly severe flu season despite the government shutdown, according to a contingency plan from the Department of Health and Human Services, reports Time. During a government shutdown, only federal activity deemed essential remains uninterrupted. But this year, that will include influenza monitoring and reporting.
“CDC’s immediate response to urgent disease outbreaks, including seasonal influenza, would continue,” the plan says, according to Time. “To continue ongoing influenza surveillance, CDC would collect data being reported by states, hospitals and others, and report out critical information needed for state and local health authorities and providers to track, prevent and treat the disease.”
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