From: News Alert E-Memo (memofrom@Colorado.EDU)
Date: Mon May 04 2009 - 17:01:16 MDT
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 17:01:16 -0600 (MDT) From: News Alert E-Memo <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: CU-Boulder Takes Extra Precautions as Three Possible Cases Of
TO: Boulder Campus Teaching & Research Faculty, Staff,
Deans, Directors, Dept Chairs, System Administration
FROM: University Communications
SENDER: University Communications
DATE: May 4, 2009
SUBJECT: CU-Boulder Takes Extra Precautions as Three Possible Cases Of
A(H1N1) Virus Are Identified
University of Colorado officials and Boulder and Colorado public health
officials today determined that the University of Colorado at Boulder has
three possible cases of the A(H1N1) virus and the university announced extra
precautions for the campus community.
Officials confirmed that one student living in a CU residence hall has been
identified as a probable case and two students living off campus have been
medically identified as suspected A(H1N1) cases, though not yet confirmed by
the Colorado Department of Health. The student in CU housing has voluntarily
participated in self-containment measures and is recovering successfully.
Officials are confident these measures are working. Centers for Disease
Control advisories warn against quarantining patients with A(H1N1), and the
virus at this point appears to be no more severe than the seasonal flu in
the overwhelming majority of documented cases in the United States.
CU-Boulder Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano today asked that the annual
"Midnight Breakfast" for CU-Boulder students to be held in the University
Memorial Center this evening be canceled as an extra precaution for our
community.
Essential academic events - final examinations, departmental commencement
ceremonies and general commencement, slated for May 8 at 8:30 a.m. in Folsom
Stadium - will all go on as scheduled until further notice. The chancellor
has directed department chairs, in consultation with their deans, to decide
if "discretionary" events should be canceled.
Additional quantities of sanitizing hand gel for commencement will be
provided. A general health threat at commencement is not perceived. However,
all students, their families and other visitors are asked to continue to
follow the health safety measures we and other agencies have provided.
These measures include covering your nose and mouth when you sneeze or cough
and washing your hands frequently. If you are actively ill with a cough and
a fever, stay at home. As a basic precaution, if you are pregnant,
immunosuppressed or have small children, you should consider avoiding large
public gatherings like commencement for the time being at CU or anyplace
else.
Chancellor DiStefano has asked CU-Boulder's pandemic flu working group to
continue to meet every day and issue updates to the campus community daily
for as long as the virus appears to be present on campus.
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