H1N1 Information

We would like to provide our Asian Pacific Islander Community leaders and  members  with the information shown below, as per a very recent press release by our state  public health agency. We continue to monitor this situation, working with the responsible state emergency preparedness agency, and will communicate to Colorado’s Asian-Pacific American communities any updates, as information becomes available.   

Please contact the phone numbers listed below, and you can also contact CAHEP office at   303-953-8176 or 303-954-0058, if you need any additional assistance. This information is also being provided to multiple Asian News outlets for dissemination in English and various Asian languages, as a service to our communities.

Sincerely,

Alok Sarwal, PhD.

Executive Director

CAHEP 

Media Update

Tuesday, April 28 

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

                             4300 Cherry Creek Dr. So., Denver

Following the federal declaration of a public health emergency in response to the swine flu outbreak, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - as lead agency for Emergency Support Function 8-Public Health -activated its incident command center on Monday.  The Office of Communications at the department, working closely with the communications office of Denver Public Health at Denver Health, will serve as the communications lead in a joint information system.

Local public health agencies and directors around the state should continue to take the lead for local communications in their communities.  To facilitate timely communications to the public, local communications do not need to be reviewed by the state's joint information system.

Reporters and news outlets seeking state information should continue to contact the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for state information about swine flu in Colorado. 

We will begin to send out a daily update between 2 and 3 p.m. each day for developments in Colorado.  This will serve as the update for today.

As of today, the state still has no confirmed cases of swine flu.

·        General information line for the public 1-877-462-2911

·        Website to stay updated www.cdphe.state.co.us

CONTACT:

Mark W. Salley, director of communications, Colorado Department of Public Health, 303-692-2021 

CDPHE Emergency Reporting Line: 1-877-518-5608

CO Help Line, 1-877-462-2911,  open until further notice, 6am-10pm

CDC Swine Flu Information: www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

CDPHE Swine Flu listserve: http://groups.google.com/group/flu-april-2009

New WHO Pan Flu Alert Phases: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html

WHO Regional Map to accompany new alert phases: http://www.who.int/about/regions/en/index.html

Google Map of World Cases:  http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950

 Click Here to access the information in various languages.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habits.htm?s_cid=swineFlu_outbreak_internal_003