Table 3 |
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Reassurance through government action |
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Statements |
n |
(%) |
|
|
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Vaccine (e.g. production, testing and roll-out; advice about priority groups etc) |
217 |
29.8 |
|
|
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|
Border control and containment measures (e.g. quarantine, thermal imagery, health declaration cards) |
189 |
25.9 |
|
|
||
|
Government pandemic preparedness plan and alert level |
126 |
17.3 |
|
|
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|
Administration of the anti-viral stockpile |
45 |
6.2 |
|
|
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|
Closures of public areas and postponement of public events |
42 |
5.8 |
|
|
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|
Testing and diagnosis of the H1N1 strain |
38 |
5.2 |
|
|
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Advise the public to remain calm |
26 |
3.6 |
|
|
||
|
Identification of risk-groups |
22 |
3.0 |
|
|
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Other |
24 |
3.3 |
|
|
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|
TOTAL |
729 |
100.0 |
|
|
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Fogarty et al. BMC Public Health 2011 11:181 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-181 |
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