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GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY SIMULATION
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INJECT 14
Requests for time off
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To: All
CC:
Influenza deaths in Nigeria are estimated to exceed 5000. Some middle management
staff within the government across all ministries have requested time off in order to travel
up country or to leave Nigeria as they are concerned about becoming infected. National
media have reported that some of these people are ‘fleeing the country’.
1. How will the government deal with the time off requests?
2. What communication will the government give to the media to stem rumors?
INJECT 15
Food shortages
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To: Ministry of Interior, Civil Defense, National Platform
CC: All participants
Food shortages are starting to become an issue in some remote areas. This is mainly
down to a collapse of the food delivery system as drivers are either sick or afraid to travel
from one infected area to another. There are also problems with the food-processing
infrastructure. Abuja is seeing severe shortages due to its distance from other parts of
the country.
Please detail what actions need to be taken and send to the SAC ASAP
INJECT 16
Vaccine development
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To: All
CC:
Work to develop an effective vaccine is reported to be yielding some success and it has
been widely reported in the media that such a vaccine will soon be available.
Media reporting of the pandemic continues to be intense. In Nigeria some of the print
media is not providing adequate coverage due to production and distribution problems.
INJECT 17
Implementation of Plans
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To: Ministry of Transport
CC: All participants
The transport system across the country has collapsed with air transport now limited
to private charters with restricted flight paths due to limited air traffic control provision.
Public road transportation has largely ceased due to both a lack of drivers and drivers
concerns about becoming sick. Private taxis are still functioning to a limited extent but
there are reports of drivers not picking up people without masks and of people being
thrown out of cabs if they cough.
Food delivery and the delivery of essential medical supplies by civilian means is becoming
increasingly difficult and many places are running very short on both.
What can be done to assist the transportation problem?
INJECT 18
Update
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To: All
CC: All participants
The disease is now present in every global region. While not every country is experiencing
widespread illness, most are reporting some confirmed cases.
Significant outbreaks have occurred throughout Asia, Europe, North America and Africa,
as well as in Brazil, India, Pakistan, china and Russia. The death tolls in the most
severely impacted nations exceed 100,000, with the global death toll currently estimated
to exceed one million.
Food shortages are widespread due to severely restricted international shipments of
agricultural commodities and the resultant impact on food processing and distribution.
Security at food distribution sites is reported to be inadequate in many countries, resulting
in rioting and significant casualties.
Civil unrest is rising in some countries as the pandemic’s economic impact begins to
influence the ability of citizens to obtain food, medicine and other essential commodities.
Quickly implemented population-based measures to limit disease transmission, such as
social distancing, appear to have effectively slowed the spread of the virus in some areas.
The Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at the WHO is reporting that
a vaccine has been developed to combat the virus, although production capacity is not
sufficient to meet current global demand.
INJECT 19
Vaccine Offered by WHO
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To: Ministry of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
CC: All participants
WHO has contacted the Nigerian government through the local WHO office in Abuja and has
offered the government 10,000 doses of vaccine in the first round. While this number of
vaccine is very small, it is a start of a larger shipment as production increases.