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[November 19, 2009]

H1N1 music video available to schools

Nov 19, 2009 (The Times-Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A music video about H1N1 may soon be coming to a school near you.

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released a 2 minute and 50 second video, complete with catchy lyrics in a mix of hip-hop and pop, that focuses on five things children can do to keep from getting and spreading the virus.

"I wash my hands, scrub them all the time, and I scrub everything that's mine, in an effort to kill all these germs around me," one student sings.

The music video, called "These Five Things" was filmed at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Beaver County near Pittsburgh and stars students from the school.

Children between the ages of 6 and 12 are targeted in the video because 70 percent of the documented H1N1 cases have been in people younger than 24, said department spokeswoman Yasmin Coleman.

The video is available for download from the department's Web site, and elementary and middle schools are encouraged to show it in the classroom or during assemblies.

Five steps covered in the video are: 1. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, and discard the tissue in the wastebasket. If you don't have a tissue, sneeze or cough into your sleeve, but not into your hands or onto bare skin.

2. Keep your hands away from your face and don't touch your mouth, nose or eyes.

3. Wash your hands with soap often. An alcohol-based hand sanitizer will work as well.

4. Keep frequently used surfaces clean, such as knobs, countertops and desks.

5. Stay home from school if you are sick.

To view the video, read this story on thetimes-tribune.com.

Contact the writer: shofius@timesshamrock.com To see more of The Times-Tribune or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/. Copyright (c) 2009, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.

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