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CDC UPDATE: Interim Smallpox Response Plan and Guidelines

Monday, November 26, 2001

Contact:
CDC Media Relations 404 639-3286

WHO: Dr. Harold Margolis, CDC senior advisor for smallpox preparedness
Dr. Lisa Rotz, CDC bioterrorism preparedness expert
Dr. D.A. Henderson, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, HHS

WHAT: To discuss CDC’s interim smallpox response plan.
Brief remarks followed by media Q/A.

WHEN: Monday, November 26, 2001, Noon – 12:45 PM EST

WHERE: At your desk, by toll-free conference line: Dial 866-254-5942
Teleconference name: CDC/anthrax

This teleconference will also be audio webcast. Listen LIVE each day online at www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media.

WHY: Get the most recent information about preparedness to respond to the use of smallpox as a bioterrorist agent. A summary of the plan will be available today at:
www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/smallpox

A full transcript of this teleconference will be available by 4 p.m. EST, following the teleconference on the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media

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