Australia: Don’t panic yet …. just stock up

Clare Swinney 16 years ago

TheAge.com.au

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  • May 1, 2009

AUSTRALIANS could soon be asked to stock their pantries with food and water and prepare for an emergency, according to the Federal Government’s pandemic flu plan.

A manual outlining Australia’s response says that when the World Health Organisation moves to phase five, which it did yesterday, Australia will be in its “delay phase”.

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Clare Swinney

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