Media Advisory: Health Canada

Ottawa, Ontario (June 29, 2009) – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, along with Dr. David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Dr. Frank Plummer, Scientific Director General of the National Microbiology Laboratory, Dr. Danielle Grondin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Infectious Disease and Emergency Preparedness in the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Valerie Gideon, Regional Director of First Nations and Inuit Health for Health Canada, will provide an update on the H1N1 flu virus.Media are invited to attend via teleconference.

North American Dial-In #: 1-888-265-0464

Int’l/Local Dial-In #: (613) 954-4096

Conference ID # 17805116

Date: Monday, June 29, 2009

Time: 3 :00 p.m. EDT.

For more information, please contact

Media Inquiries:
Health Canada
613-957-2983

Public Health Agency of Canada
613-941-8189

Office of Leona Aglukkaq
Minister of Health
Josee Bellemare
613-957-0200