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| DATE | 2005-05-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Flu preparations
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New York prepares for possible epidemic
NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) -- New York City health officials have begun
creating a crisis plan for the possibility of a deadly new flu strain
reaching the city.
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Health Department experts have been meeting every two weeks to prepare a
strategy for protecting the city against diseases such as the Asian bird
flu, or H5N1, which scientists have warned could mutate into a global
pandemic, the New York Daily News reported Sunday.
The plan, expected to be completed before flu season starts later this
year, addresses how to handle quarantines, test virus samples for new
strains, cope with overcrowded hospitals and ration lifesaving vaccines
and other treatments.
"This is clearly an issue that we're concerned about," said Dr. Isaac
Weisfuse, the city's deputy commissioner of disease control.
A bird-flu vaccine has been in clinical trials at the National
Institutes of Health, but if an epidemic broke out, large-scale vaccine
production would take at least six months.
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