Update for Thursday, October 29th

Update on Community Pandemic Operations
Moose Factory

Issued By: Moose Factory Public Health Centre
Date: Thursday October 29, 2009
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Update: # 5

Number of Confirmed Cases to Date: 15
Pending(waiting for results from the lab): 29
Hospitalizations: 0
Severity Level for the Community: ‘Moderate to Severe’

School Closures:
Ministik: Wed Oct 28; Enrollment of 278, 179 absent [65%] - CLOSED
DDECS: Wed Oct 28; Enrollment of 188, 134 absent [74%] - CLOSED
MF Christian Academy: Wed Oct 28; Enrollment of 51, 10 absent [20%] – CLOSED
MCEA Daycare: Wed Oct 28; 50% absent - CLOSED

It is estimated that approximately 511 community members have been vaccinated to date.
For the ones that want the vaccine but cannot get immunized because of a fever, you are advised to get your vaccine as soon as the fever is gone. Clinics are scheduled for today, Friday & Saturday. The H1N1 Vaccination Clinics continue to be our priority for the remainder of this week. The priority for the community members is to do what’s needed to contain or stop the spread of the H1N1 Virus.

Public awareness material on the H1N1 Influenza has been issued by the Public Health Centre and additional information on the H1N1 Influenza is available on the internet.

A flu assessment centre at the EPR Centre is being planned for early next week.

The community members are strongly encouraged to read and understand the Community Emergency Pandemic Plan (CEPP); as the CEPP is designed to guide the decision makers during a Pandemic in our community.

We continue to work at improving our public information strategy. We will be posting regular updates on Moose Cree’s website and the MF H1N1 blog. As well, we encourage everyone to assist by sending updates through email.

The Community Emergency Pandemic Control Group meets on a regular basis and our next meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Friday October 30th.

Based on the numbers coming in, this Flu is aggressively advancing throughout our community. Everyone needs to take this Flu more seriously and to do what you think will prevent it from advancing.

Take care.

Community Emergency Pandemic Plan

To view the Emergency Pandemic Plan for Moose Factory, please go to www.moosecree.com