This guide is designed to help businesses minimize the risk that an influenza pandemic poses to the health and safety of employees, the continuity of business operations, and their bottom line. It is intended to provide all businesses in Canada with the basic information they require in preparing a continuity plan to mitigate the potential effects of a pandemic. In response to the threat posed by the continuing spread of the H5N1 virus (avian influenza or ‘bird flu’), the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that all countries undertake urgent action to prepare. While there is no.
