'Road map' outlines which government agency is responsible
for more than 300 tasks [?!?] in pandemic flu 03 May 2006
The United States government plans to stockpile vaccines,
limit international and domestic flights, quarantine those who
become ill and bring in the military to maintain order (see
item A) if a flu pandemic strikes the country. The $7.1 billion
plan, released Wednesday, lists more than 300 recommendations
including: "Infected people should voluntarily quarantine
themselves, and quarantine would be mandatory (see item B) in
the most extreme cases"
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