By Cliff Peale
CINCINNATI — Confronting an illness they haven’t seen before is the biggest fear for local health officials heading into the World Choir Games.
As 15,000 participants from 64 countries and 22 states prepare to descend on Greater Cincinnati for the event that runs July 4-14, health officials are preparing a set of measures that goes beyond even the normal planning for a one-time event drawing thousands of people.
“You may see some stuff you don’t normally see,” said Steven Englender, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Cincinnati Health Department. “A rash on someone from south Asia may represent dengue (an infection common in subtropic climates), instead of measles or something more familiar here.”
The plans include a clinic inside the Duke Energy Convention Center, operating 8 a.m.-10 p.m. And the Drug and Poison Information Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center will staff a telephone hotline all night during the games.
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