Rehearsal of flu pandemic set to begin
A FOUR-WEEK exercise to prepare Scotland for a flu pandemic is to start next week, it was announced yesterday.
The Scottish Government will be running the emergency exercise, called Cauld Craw, involving health boards, the ambulance services and other organisations who will be key to managing a severe outbreak of flu.
For several years experts have warned it is only a matter of time before a flu pandemic arrives.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said: "Although there has been no change to the level of risk of a flu pandemic, an outbreak has been identified as one of the main risks Scotland could face.
Exercise Cauld Craw will test how ready we are and help us strengthen our plans for the future."
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