President Johnson Toribiong said that the Health Ministry has recently received the equipment and the medicine supplies.
The stockpile sent personal protective equipment and anti –viral medication.Earlier the task force has notched up its efforts against the swine flu pandemic alert by recommending several measures as pandemic preparedness plan.The personal protective equipment will used at the border control to screen point of entries.The task force has also recommended immunization implementation and a travel alert in affected areas especially in Southern part of the United States and Mexico.The task force has already declared a Public Health alert and is ready to declare a public health or national emergency if there is a suspected case. Swine flu has symptoms nearly identical to regular flu — fever, cough and sore throat — and spreads like regular flu — when people cough or sneeze. People with flu symptoms are advised to stay at home, wash their hands and cover their sneezes.
