Contra Costa Health and several local hospitals, clinics and first-responder agencies, will conduct a countywide drill Wednesday and Thursday to test their emergency plans and ability to respond to sudden surges in patients needing emergency care. 

People may see unusual activity at the county’s acute-care hospitals and other staging locations, such as large numbers of ambulances or other emergency vehicles, staff members wearing personal protective equipment, or people play-acting injuries or illness. 

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