Over the weekend, Mexico and the US had reported, Swine Flu Outbreak H1N1 in Human.
As of 06:00 GMT, 4 May 2009, 20 countries have officially reported 985 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection.
Is your pandemic plan related to World Health Organization
WHO Alert Phase System?
Here are some questions to think about:
Do you have a plan?
Are you at least thinking of preparing?
Are you employees advised to use masks?
Are you plan ready and revised?
Be careful the layoffs revisit your plan and re-assign where gaps available
Does the plan include remote or working from home or reduction to 40 % operations?
Does your plan include remote teleconferencing capabilities?
Do you have an internal Communication plan for all employees to notify them of the status?
Does you plan include lowering visit of vendors to your premises to the minimal?
Does your plan include notifying your customers if you stop your business for a short term?
Key personnel affected and might not show up to work
Employees may choose to stay at home rather than risk exposure;
Offices closed (either someone sick or by the authorities);
The Supply chain may be affected;
Transport systems may be stoped;
Overwhelm of communication systems being exhausted that might affect your office and your remote users.
Customer not being serviced;
To view the latest Pandemic Map
Google Pandemic (2009 H1N1 Flu Outbreak Map)
http://swinemap.org
Courtesy of Google Maps (As of May 4 2009)
WHO Pandemic Phases
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the
world: and that is an idea/plan whose time has come.”
-Victor Hugo
References:
Use of masks WHO advise 3 may 2009
http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/Adviceusemaskscommunityrevised.pdf
List of infected countries
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_05_04/en/index.html
Google Maps
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