Influenza.info: Singapore finalising influenza pandemic preparedness plan

16 March 2005: SINGAPORE FINALISING INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLAN

An influenza pandemic preparedness plan is currently being finalised, according to the media spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Singapore.

However, Singapore’s Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng recently said the Home Team, which is made up of the police and civil defence officers, is prepared to fight a flu pandemic together with other ministries.

“The HT has a crisis management structure that tackles the challenge of bird flu crisis or a flu pandemic. The government has also taken some steps to do some stockpile of anti-virals in case there is a need for anti-viral drugs because a H5N1 vaccine has not been developed yet. We are keeping a keen watch and seeing what others do,” he said.

Source: The Star Online (Malaysia)

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