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A collection of the latest news related to pandemic planning.
FBIIC/FSSCC reports on pandemic ‘flu exercise
From September 24 through October 12, the US Financial Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC) and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) conducting a pandemic ‘flu exercise for the financial services sector in the United States. A PowerPoint giving an initial summary of the findings is available here.
Human-to-human transmission of avian influenza detected
Infectious Disease News has reported that evidence of human-to-human transmission of H5N1 has been found in an extended family in Indonesia, according to a recent study. Clusters of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) illnesses were examined in Indonesia and Turkey. In one Indonesian cluster of avian influenza cases the possibility that the disease was transmitted from at least one caregiver case was supported by genetic sequencing data, researchers said. Significant statistical data supported human-to-human transmission. Read the story.
Projected supply of pandemic influenza vaccine sharply increases
Last spring, the World Health Organization (WHO) and vaccine manufacturers said that about 100 million courses of pandemic influenza vaccine based on the H5N1 avian influenza strain could be produced immediately with standard technology. Experts now anticipate that global production capacity will rise to 4.5 billion pandemic immunization courses per year in 2010.
•Date: 26th October 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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