CUNA mutual issues flu alert warning.The nation's heightened attention to flu outbreaks prompted a new reminder from CUNA Cuna Chibchan-speaking Indian people who once occupied the central region of what is now Panama and the neighbouring San Blas Islands and who still survive in marginal areas. In the 16th century they lived in federated villages under chiefs who wielded considerable power. Mutual Group about disaster preparation. In its latest alert notice, CUNA Mutual said "unlike other disaster scenarios where loss of equipment, systems or facilities may be the most significant challenge, responding to a pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. flu centers on your employees' ability to perform their duties." The insurer cited statistics from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta reporting the number of H1N1 cases increasing with the virus "thought to be spread in the same manner as seasonal flu-person-to-person when those with influenza cough or sneeze sneeze, involuntary violent expiration of air through the nose and mouth. It results from stimulation of the nervous system in the nose, causing sudden contraction of the muscles of expiration. " also being spread by "touching objects contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. with the virus and then touching the mouth or nose." In a 12-item checklist, the insurer recommended various steps policy holders should be taking now such as "determining the impact that long-term illnesses could have on operations, identifying critical functions and employees needed to continue core operations by branch" and designation of an individual "to assist in answering employee questions." The notice also cited the need to "obtain and display educational posters and materials from the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation in employee areas." |
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