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June 20, 2003
Representatives of the Â鶹¹ÙÍø County Health Department will test a mass immunization plan in a simulated exercise at the University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø today at 11 a.m.
The test of a simulated mass immunization of 8,000 students and several hundred CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø staff members will be at the Coors Events/Conference Center on campus.
The Â鶹¹ÙÍø County Health Department's communicable disease division will have from 11 to 15 nurses and eight health department volunteers on hand in addition to several CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø staff members to enact a simulated immunization of students and staff as part of the campus's emergency preparedness training. The training exercise began on Wednesday under the direction of Tom Carney, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø emergency management coordinator.
For more information on the exercise contact James Burrus, Â鶹¹ÙÍø County media information officer, at (303) 441-1622 or Jeannine Malmsbury, CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø News Services director, at (303) 492-3115.