PREPAREDNESS FOR BUSINESSES AND HOMES
CORPORATE TRAVEL
The following Corporate Travel Policy Guidelines have been developed to append to your existing Corporate Travel Policy in preparation for an influenza pandemic, or any future epidemic or pandemic of any illness which threatens the heath of staff. These new policies are designed to protect staff on overseas trips to infected areas and protect the workplace from staff returning from overseas trips to infected areas.
The policies are designed to help staff protect themselves against illness, and to allow the Company to monitor the whereabouts and wellbeing of staff and those who the staff have been in contact with.
The formation and implementation of these Corporate Travel Policies is not only expected of a responsible employer and staff, it is also our duty under local workplace health and safety regulations, and successful implementation needs the full cooperation of persons throughout the organisation.
Many of the additional measures deployed will depend on the progress of spread of the virus globally, and as perceived danger levels increase.
Note that the Company will not prohibit staff overseas travel (for business or holiday) to any countries, whether they are affected by Bird Flu or not. To do so is not practical and during a pandemic by definition there will not be a country that has not been affected.
It is however, strongly advised however that persons do not 'take the first available flight home' without due consideration of the dangers that that travel may involve both in the journey and at the destination.
Please note that these Corporate Travel Policies are prepared based on the prevailing guidelines and advisories issued by the local health authorities and is therefore subjected to further revisions.
Note that the Orange Alert Status when raised is expected to last no more than a few weeks before it will be replaced by a Red Alert Status.Actions and responses have been planned in accordance to the various alert levels so that the Company is prepared as the pandemic moves up the severity scale.
Please see the following recommended Corporate Travel Policy Guidelines for use during:
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| 05/15/2008 04:00 PM |
| Detection Of Mortality Clusters Associated With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza In Poultry: A Theoretical Analysis |
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Rapid detection of infectious disease outbreaks is often crucial for their effective control. One example is highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) such as H5N1 in commercial poultry flocks. There is no quantitative data, however, on how quickly the effects of HPAI infection in poultry flocks can be detected. Here, we study, using an individual-based mathematical model, time to detection in chicken flocks.
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| 05/05/2008 07:00 PM |
| Learning From The Influenza Virus' Tricks |
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Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. The worry is the potential for highly virulent bird flu strains, such as H5N1, to develop the ability to infect humans easily. New drugs and vaccines to halt the spread of the virus are badly needed.
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| 04/26/2008 01:00 AM |
| Indonesia Runs Large Scale Bird Flu Drill |
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Indonesia is running a large scale drill simulating an outbreak of human to human bird flu that involves thousands of villagers, health workers and government officials, rehearsing for a potential pandemic. The drill started today, Friday 25th April, and is scheduled to run for three days.
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| 04/25/2008 04:00 PM |
| Heading Off A Bird-Flu Pandemic: We Need Broadly Protective Vaccines That Can Be Rapidly Produced And Administered |
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Widespread vaccination likely will be the cornerstone of public-health measures for controlling an H5N1 bird-flu pandemic, say Andrea Gambotto, M.D., assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and his colleagues, in this week's edition of The Lancet. However, any vaccines must be broadly protective and rapidly producible to be effective against H5N1, which is devastating in humans, the authors write in a journal Seminar.
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| 04/18/2008 08:00 PM |
| Identification Of The Common Mechanism Underlying Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome May Lead To New Strategies Against Bird Flu |
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The Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 killed between 30 and 50 million people. In the infected patients, the ultimate cause of death was acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This fatal condition is a massive reaction of the body during which the lung becomes severely damaged. ARDS can be induced by various bacterial and viral infections, but also by chemical agents. These could be toxic gases that are inhaled or gastric acid when aspirated.
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| 04/18/2008 06:00 PM |
| New Vaccine May Give Long-term Defense Against Deadly Bird Flu And Its Variant Forms |
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A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.
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