Media Advisory

Media Briefing on Whooping Cough Outbreak

For Release 5 p.m. May 8, 2008
Contact: Kate Fowlie, 925-313-6832

What

Contra Costa Health Services will conduct a media briefing on their decision to close a school in West Contra Costa County to contain an outbreak of Pertussis/Whooping cough.

Who

The briefing will be conducted by Dr. Wendel Brunner, Contra Costa County Public Health Director.

When

10 a.m. Friday, May 9, 2008

Where

Mount Diablo Room, 50 Douglas Drive, Martinez 94553

For more information on pertussis symptoms, prevention and testing, call the County Health Department's Health Emergency Information Line, 1-888-959-9911 or visit its website at www.cchealth.org

No interviews will be provided prior to the briefing