Swine Flu Epidemic
The Committee will be aware that an outbreak of swine flu began in Mexico and there have been a number of cases in other countries including the United Kingdom.
There is close partnership working taking place between a number of agencies including local authorities, the health service, the police and regional and national government to prepare for any further cases in England.
Fiona Field, Director of Governance and Strategic Planning at Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust will verbally update the Committee on the latest position in relation to Swine Flu.
Minutes:
The Committee was advised of the current position regarding the Swine Flu Epidemic.
Members were advised that Swine Flu was classed as a level 5 outbreak across all countries and was not yet classed as a formal epidemic. Partnership working was taking place to develop contingency plans in case an epidemic occurred and Emergency Planning teams were involved. A Flu advice line was to be introduced and Antiviral Collection points were being identified. Although current numbers of cases were low there was an expectation that more cases would occur in the Autumn.
RESOLVED: That the update on the current position regarding Swine Flu be noted.