The number of flu like illnesses is still considered widespread in West Virginia.

At this point, State Epidemiologist Loretta Haddy with the Department of Health and Human Resources tells MetroNews there's no way to predict when this year's flu season will peak.

"At this point in time, we're still seeing influenza like illness being reported.  It makes up, right now, about 14% of the total visits that are being seen by providers," Haddy says.

Influenza like illness or ILI includes the H1N1 swine flu, the seasonal flu and symptoms for other kinds of colds or fevers.

This week, United Hospital Center in Harrison County and Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lewis County joined others across the state in changing visitation rules to try to limit the spread of such illnesses.

Visitors with cold or flu like symptoms are not being allowed into those hospitals.  Those seeking treatment for a cough, a fever, a sore throat or other such symptoms are being required to wear masks during treatment.

Haddy says those kinds of measures are being required in many places.  "This eliminates or reduces the risk of someone going to the doctor for one thing, unrelated to ILI, and getting something else while waiting there to be seen."

She says she expects the changes to continue into the New Year.

It could be December before West Virginia has enough H1N1 vaccines for everyone who wants one.

"At this point, we have projections of what West Virginia is supposed to receive and we've had them from the beginning of October and they carry on out into next year," she says.  "Initially, we expected a little bit more (more vaccines) than what we got."