US extends pandemic emergency to 2012

Eileen Danneman has uncovered document showing that the US Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has extended the pandemic emergency to 2012 on March 5th, 2010, with little or no attention from the media.



"SEBELIUS: HHS document EXTENDING THE PANDEMIC to 2012 (Federal Register March 5, 2010)

Therefore, pursuant to section 319F-3(b) of the Act, I have

determined there is a credible risk that the spread of pandemic

influenza A viruses and those with pandemic potential and resulting

disease does or could constitute a public health emergency.





...and extends

through February 28, 2012.





Section 319F-3(a)(4)(A) confers immunity to manufacturers and

distributors of the Covered Countermeasure, regardless of the defined

population.





...and amended on September 28, 2009 to

provide targeted liability protections for pandemic countermeasures to

enhance distribution

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