The World Health Organization is sending a representative to monitor for potential disease outbreaks at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but Games officials and health experts say the threat from H1N1 has likely passed.Most athletes, officials and spectators are expected to be vaccinated against H1N1 by the time the Winter Olympics begin in February.
'If the vaccination rate is high enough, I don't think H1N1 is going to be a risk,' said Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for Vancouver Coastal Health, the agency overseeing health services for the Olympics.
Planning for the possible impact H1N1 could have on the Games has been underway since before the WHO declared an official global pandemic in June.
In April, B.C. health officials made a decision to increase the stockpile of antiviral drugs available in the province because of the Games, according to briefing notes released under Access to Information.
How much it cost was censored in the documents, but B.C.'s provincial health officer said in an interview the original supply was boosted by three million doses, bringing the total amount available to 10 million.
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The Canadian Press: Vaccinations, antiviral supply mean H1N1 no threat to 2010 Olympics
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