CME Releases Pandemic Survival Guide
In an effort to reduce the costs of an avian flu pandemic, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters unveiled a planning guide of Canadian business that will help mitigate the estimated $60-billion economic impact from a pandemic outbreak. Their freely available planning guide includes such topics as: Estimated Economic Impact of a Pandemic, Maintaining Essential Business Operations, Business Planning for Absences, Supply Chain Disruption and Border Closures, Staff Travel and Expatriates Evacuation Plan, Restrict Workplace Entry of People with Influenza Symptoms, Workplace Cleaning, Increase Social Distancing, Personal, Policies for Exposed Employees.