INFLUENZA PANDEMIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING

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INFLUENZA PANDEMIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING

• 2006

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UK ALERT LEVELS

• 0 No cases anywhere in the world
• Cases only outside UK
• New virus isolated in UK
• Outbreak clusters in UK
• Widespread activity across UK

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CASES PER WEEK IN SOLIHULL(Modelled at 25
attack rate)
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CASES DEATHS PER WEEK IN SOLIHULL(Modelled at
2.5 fatality rate)
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DEATHS PER WEEK IN SOLIHULL(Modelled at 2.5
fatality rate)
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SOCIAL PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES

• Hand washing and respiratory hygiene
• Cases to stay at home
• Voluntary quarantine of household contacts
• Face masks to reduce droplet spread of infection
• Reducing international travel
• Restricting local movement and public gatherings

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SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS TO DISRUPT TRANSMISSION

• ANTIVIRAL DRUGS
• Treatment of cases at high risk of complications
• Prevent infection in priority groups in contact
• IMMUNISATION
• Vaccine will not be available for first wave
• Supplies will be initially limited resulting in
  priority groups

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY

• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has
  undertaken a review of its plans for ensuring
  priority and critical services are maintained
  during the pandemic phases.
• Throughout this planning it must be remembered
  that we are not planning for maintaining normal
  business and there will be no mutual aid
  available from anywhere else.

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WEST MIDLANDS CONNURBATUION LOCAL RESILIENCE FORUM

• The LRF has a duty under the Civil Contingencies
  Act to prepare for the co-operation of category
  one responders in its area.
• In an incident it acts as the communication
  interface with the Regional Civil Contingencies
  Committee who interface with COBR