Legislative Update - Flu Outbreak
May 1, 2009
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is currently activated at Level 1 in response to the 2009 H1N1 Flu outbreak. Level 1 is full activation for public health, involving multiple divisions of the department; and multiple state, local and federal partners. CDPHE is currently monitoring for situational awareness, distributing information, issuing guidance, conducting surveillance and case investigations and managing the distribution of countermeasures.
To stay up-to-date on current breaking news, please sign up for CDPHE’s H1N1 listserve here. Search “Colorado H1N1 Updates”. The email address is: flu-april-2009 followed by "at" googlegroups dot com.
CDPHE will continue to keep it’s website up to date with new guidance here. Here, you can also sign up for our free service, “E-Updates” to be notified when new information is posted to the website. You can also access our preparedness blog, “BeReadyBeHealthyBeInformed” here for different perspective into the public health response to H1N1 Flu.
The public may obtain information on the 2009 H1N1 Flu outbreak at CDPHE’s help line at 1-877-462-2911. Hours of operation are: Sat. & Sun. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and beginning Mon. May 4: 8:00 AM- 10:00 PM.