karldotcom
Member
April 24, 3:02 PST California has activated the Joint Emergency Operations Center (JEOC) of the Department of Public Health, in coordination with the California Emergency Management Agency.
UPDATE: April 24, 2:38 PST 1004 cases of swine flu in Mexico, 68 people have died.
US medical authorities expressed strong concern Friday about an unprecedented multi-strain swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 60 people in Mexico and infected seven people in the United States.
“It’s very obvious that we are very concerned. We’ve stood up emergency operation centers,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Dave Daigle told AFP.
One major source of concern was that the virus included strains from different types of flu.
“This is the first time that we’ve seen an avian strain, two swine strains and a human strain,” said Daigle, adding that the virus had influenza strains from European and Asian swine, but not from North American swine.
In 11 of 12 reported human cases of swine influenza (H1N1) virus infection in the United States from December 2005 to February 2009, the CDC has documented direct or indirect contact with swine.
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPENS NEWSTATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERNew Center Is Part of "Front Line" Response to Public Health Emergencies
Strategically designed to organize and support up to 80 emergency response personnel on a 24-hour basis, the center functions within California’s Standardized Emergency Management System and works within the guidelines of the federal National Incident Management System. It includes emergency satellite communications, California Mutual Aid Radio System, emergency backup amateur AM radio network hookups, Centrex phone system to handle public calls and backup emergency power.
Tasked with protecting and improving the health of all Californians, the center provides the workspace and equipment necessary to closely coordinate with local health departments and other agencies responding to public health disasters.
UPDATE: April 24, 2:38 PST 1004 cases of swine flu in Mexico, 68 people have died.
US medical authorities expressed strong concern Friday about an unprecedented multi-strain swine flu outbreak that has killed at least 60 people in Mexico and infected seven people in the United States.
“It’s very obvious that we are very concerned. We’ve stood up emergency operation centers,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokesman Dave Daigle told AFP.
One major source of concern was that the virus included strains from different types of flu.
“This is the first time that we’ve seen an avian strain, two swine strains and a human strain,” said Daigle, adding that the virus had influenza strains from European and Asian swine, but not from North American swine.
In 11 of 12 reported human cases of swine influenza (H1N1) virus infection in the United States from December 2005 to February 2009, the CDC has documented direct or indirect contact with swine.
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPENS NEWSTATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERNew Center Is Part of "Front Line" Response to Public Health Emergencies
Strategically designed to organize and support up to 80 emergency response personnel on a 24-hour basis, the center functions within California’s Standardized Emergency Management System and works within the guidelines of the federal National Incident Management System. It includes emergency satellite communications, California Mutual Aid Radio System, emergency backup amateur AM radio network hookups, Centrex phone system to handle public calls and backup emergency power.
Tasked with protecting and improving the health of all Californians, the center provides the workspace and equipment necessary to closely coordinate with local health departments and other agencies responding to public health disasters.
Last edited:
