CUHK Campus Pandemic and Avian Flu Alert and Action Plan

	To ensure an efficient and effective management system in response to possible occurrence of Pandemic and Avian Flu infection in Hong Kong as well as on campus, the CUHK Campus (SARS/Avian Flu) Task Force has designed a CUHK Campus Pandemic and Avian Flu Alert and Action Plan after intensive discussions.
	This CUHK Action Plan incorporates the Government's Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic. The CUHK Action Plan, in addition to the 3-level of the Government system, covers the situations when no clinical suspected or confirmed cases are identified as well as the condition when there are staff or students living/working on campus infected with Pandemic and Avian Flu from any source.
	The CUHK Action Plan describes the measures to be taken by various Departments, Units, Colleges, Offices and groups on campus at different stages of Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak.

General Preparedness & Vigilance

Action to be taken on campus to maintain preventive measures, personal hygiene habit, environmental hygiene, vigilance for prevention of Pandemic and Avian Flu infection locally.

Alert Response Level *

Activated when:

- there are confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry populations outside Hong Kong; or

- there are confirmed cases of HPAI in Hong Kong in imported birds in quarantine, in wild birds, in recreational parks, in pet bird shops or in the natural environment; or

- there is/are confirmed human case(s) of avian influenza outside Hong Kong.

Serious Response Level *

Activated when:

- there are confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in the environment of or among poultry population in retail markets, wholesale markets or farms in Hong Kong due to a strain with known human health impact; or

- there is/are confirmed human case(s) of avian influenza in Hong Kong without evidence of efficient human-to-human transmission.

Emergency Response Level *

Activated when:

- there is evidence confirming efficient human-to-human transmission of novel influenza occurring overseas or in Hong Kong; or

- the World Health Organization (WHO) declares an influenza pandemic (i.e. the influenza strain is beginning to cause several outbreaks in at least one country, and spread to other countries).

Urgent Response Level

Activated when one or more staff/student on campus are affected with Pandemic and Avian Flu from any source as A) Close Contacts and B) Pandemic and Avian Flu outbreak Patients.

* These correspond with the 3-level response system of the Government's Preparedness Plan for Influenza Pandemic.