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SFPD outlines pandemic preparations as city monitors swine flu
Summary
San Francisco Police Department briefed the Police Commission on swine flu preparedness, including stockpiled N95 respirators, expedited fit-testing and coordination with the Department of Public Health and CDC; chief staff said no local cases had been confirmed “as of today.”
San Francisco Police Department officials told the Police Commission they are fast-tracking measures to protect officers and the public amid rising global concern about swine flu.
Police physician Dr. Elizabeth Murphy told commissioners, "At this point, we have no cases as of today in San Francisco, but we are expecting that we may have shortly," and described the World Health Organization’s elevation to phase 5 and the agency’s expectation that local cases were likely to follow.
The department said it had stockpiled N95 respirators and would not deploy them widely until local outbreaks were…
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