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Jan 05
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Dust off pandemic plansPosted by: John Glenn in DRJ Blogs on Jan 05, 2012 Tagged in: Avian Influenza
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My email just delivered notifications that a version of the avian influenza - bird flu - is making the rounds.
In separate emails , I read that
* A Chinese bus driver who tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus died Saturday in a city bordering Hong Kong, health officials said, in the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months.
* The Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of a case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. The case is a 29-year-old male from Dakahlia Governorate. He developed symptoms on 8 December 2011 and was admitted to hospital on 15 December 2011, where he received oseltamivir treatment. He was in critical condition and died on 19 December 2011.
It's time to dust off those Pandemic Plans so carefully crafted in 2008 and start the update process.
If the organization really is risk conscious, it won't have a Pandemic Plan.
Blasphemy? Heresy?
Not really.
Continues at http://johnglennmbci.blogspot.com/2012/01/erm-bc-coop-dust-off-pandemic-plans.html
