Media Advisory: Public Health Agency of Canada

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Oct 15, 2009 20:25 ET
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<!-- HEADLINES END --><!-- RELEASE BODY BEGINS -->VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 15, 2009) - On Friday, October 16, 2009 the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister of Health, Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer for Canada, and Dr. Danielle Grondin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infectious Disease and Emergency Preparedness at the Public Health Agency of Canada will be in Vancouver, British Columbia for the following activities:

9:30 a.m.: Tour of the H1N1 laboratory at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC).

A media pool will be organized for the tour. Please arrive 15 minutes before the tour begins to sign in.

10:00 a.m.: Minister Aglukkaq, Dr. David-Butler-Jones and Dr. Danielle Grondin will provide a national update on the H1N1 flu virus.

Following their update, Dr. Perry Kendall, Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia, will comment on H1N1 flu virus activity and preparations in the province.

Media are invited to attend. If you are unable to participate in person, please call:

North American Dial-In #: 1-888-265-0464 1-888-265-0464

Int'l/Local Dial-In #: (613) 954-4096 (613) 954-4096

Conference ID #: 36176312
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Media Advisory: Public Health Agency of Canada
Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:30 PM


OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/18/09 --

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, federal Minister of Health, along with Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, and Dr. Danielle Grondin, Infectious Disease and Emergency Preparedness at the Public Health Agency of Canada, will provide an update on the H1N1 flu virus.
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Media are invited to attend. If you are unable to participate in person, please call:​

North American Dial-In #: 1-888-265-0464
Int'l/Local Dial-In #: (613) 954-4096
Conference ID #: 36899336​

Date: Monday, October 19, 2009​

Time: 11:30 a.m. EDT​

Location: 0115C (Departmental Board Room)
Basement, Brooke Claxton Building
Ottawa, Ontario​

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Regular updates on H1N1 flu virus are available on our website at:
</PRE>http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/swine_200904-eng.php

Subscribe to our RSS feed for journalists on H1N1 influenza A at:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/rss/index-eng.php
Audiocast of media briefing:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/alert-alerte/h1n1/h1n1_webcast-eng.php
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Contacts:
Office of Leona Aglukkaq
Minister of Health
Josee Bellemare
613-957-0200​

Public Health Agency of Canada
Media Relations
613-941-8189​

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