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The Serious Response Level under the Government's Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic is activated
2 December 2013
Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2012)
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The Government’s Response Systems - Serious Response Level
Serious Response Level
9. Serious Response Level corresponds to a situation where the risk of a novel influenza virus causing new and serious impact to human health in Hong Kong is moderate. Generally, it depicts a moderate risk of serious human infections caused by the novel influenza virus in Hong Kong, but serious infections are not expected to be widespread in the short term. Illustrative scenarios are shown in Box 2.
Box 2: Illustrative scenarios of Serious Response Level Examples of scenarios under this level include the following –
(a) confirmation of HPAI outbreaks in Hong Kong in the environment of oramong poultry population in retail markets, the Cheung Sha WanTemporary Wholesale Poultry Market (the Wholesale Poultry Market) orpoultry farms in Hong Kong, due to a strain with known human health impact;
(b) confirmation of outbreak of novel influenza in Hong Kong among otherfood animals in farms, due to a strain known to have caused human infection with serious health impact; or
(c) confirmation of sporadic or small clusters of human case(s) of HPAI ornovel influenza, known to have caused human infection with serious health outcome in Hong Kong.
Under these scenarios, human-to-human transmission has not been sufficient to sustain community level outbreaks.
Other examples include the confirmation of a novel influenza virus, capable of efficient human-to-human transmission, spreading in an area that has insignificant trade and travel relationship with Hong Kong; or a sporadic or small cluster of human case(s) of novel influenza that may have been historically known to be of mild nature but is capable of efficient human-to-human transmission in Hong Kong.
See all response levels and more...
http://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/erib...ic_2012_en.pdf
See:
Hong Kong confirms first human case of H7N9 (RTHK, December 2 2013) - FluTrackers
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214444
2 December 2013
Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2012)
Clip:
The Government’s Response Systems - Serious Response Level
Serious Response Level
9. Serious Response Level corresponds to a situation where the risk of a novel influenza virus causing new and serious impact to human health in Hong Kong is moderate. Generally, it depicts a moderate risk of serious human infections caused by the novel influenza virus in Hong Kong, but serious infections are not expected to be widespread in the short term. Illustrative scenarios are shown in Box 2.
Box 2: Illustrative scenarios of Serious Response Level Examples of scenarios under this level include the following –
(a) confirmation of HPAI outbreaks in Hong Kong in the environment of oramong poultry population in retail markets, the Cheung Sha WanTemporary Wholesale Poultry Market (the Wholesale Poultry Market) orpoultry farms in Hong Kong, due to a strain with known human health impact;
(b) confirmation of outbreak of novel influenza in Hong Kong among otherfood animals in farms, due to a strain known to have caused human infection with serious health impact; or
(c) confirmation of sporadic or small clusters of human case(s) of HPAI ornovel influenza, known to have caused human infection with serious health outcome in Hong Kong.
Under these scenarios, human-to-human transmission has not been sufficient to sustain community level outbreaks.
Other examples include the confirmation of a novel influenza virus, capable of efficient human-to-human transmission, spreading in an area that has insignificant trade and travel relationship with Hong Kong; or a sporadic or small cluster of human case(s) of novel influenza that may have been historically known to be of mild nature but is capable of efficient human-to-human transmission in Hong Kong.
See all response levels and more...
http://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/erib...ic_2012_en.pdf
See:
Hong Kong confirms first human case of H7N9 (RTHK, December 2 2013) - FluTrackers
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=214444