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February 26, 2003
RELEASE IMMEDIATELY
CONTACT:
Angela
Jones, Public Information Officer
City of Richmond / City Manager's Office
(510) 621-1230
RICHMOND DESIGNATES
AUDITORIUM AS
SMALLPOX EMERGENCY INNOCULATION SITE
County Health Department would administer the vaccine
City
officials have identified the Richmond Memorial Auditorium and
Convention Center at 403 Civic Center Plaza as the likely
location for the public to receive the smallpox vaccine in
case of an emergency. The facility was chosen because of its
central location and familiarity. Activation of the facility
as a smallpox vaccine location would require a declaration of
a local state of emergency by the City Manager before mass
immunizations would take place. The Contra Costa County Health
Department would provide and administer the vaccine, with
local jurisdictions being responsible for security and crowd
control.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smallpox is
a serious disease caused by a virus called variola, which is
spread from person to person through close contact. Smallpox
can cause a severe rash which can leave scars when healed,
high fever, tiredness, severe headaches and backache,
blindness, or death. The last smallpox case was in 1978.
To learn more about smallpox, contact the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, call 1-888-246-2675 (English),
1-888-246-2857 (Espanol), or 1-888-874-2646 (TTY). Or, visit
the CDC's website at
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/
Directions to:
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
Richmond Memorial Auditorium and Convention Center
From San Francisco/Oakland
I-80 East,
exit Macdonald Avenue
Right on 27th Street, left on Nevin Avenue
From Marin County/San Rafael
Bridge
I-580
East, exit Marina Bay Parkway/
23rd Street, left on 23rd Street
Right on Nevin Avenue
From Sacramento/Napa/Vallejo
I-80 West,
exit San Pablo Avenue/Barrett Avenue
Right on Barrett Avenue
Left on 27th Street, right on Nevin Avenue
BART Richmond Station
East
toward Nevin Avenue, left on 19th Street
Right on Barrett Avenue
Right on 27th Street
Right on Nevin Avenue
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