County Seeks Flu Volunteers
July 25, 2009 by wfr.editor
Filed under Top, Village News
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A letter from the Cambridgeshire County Council Emergency Management Team to all parish councils is asking for volunteers to work alongside the County’s health workers to provide support through the current swine flu outbreak.
If it should become necessary, volunteers would help with the distribution of antiviral medications at up to 16 centres, each operating for 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. These centres may be set up at short notice and may be required for several weeks. The antivirals would be collected from the centres by ‘flu friends’ – patients with swine flu would not attend the centres themselves.
Quoting from the letter: “We are looking for people who are able to deal with the public, comfortable in a community setting and who have good organising skills. We have prepared comprehensive information packs and made arrangements for briefing volunteers so that they know what they will be doing and are confident in their role. Reasonable direct costs incurred eg travelling will be reimbursed.”
