announces first confirmed case of Swine Flue
The Source: /www.sabanews.net - 16/06/2009
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Ministry of Public Health and Population announced on Tuesday the first case of infection with H1N1 virus in Yemen Minister of Public Health and Population Abdul-Karim Rase'a told Saba that the N1H1-infected case is a Yemeni student, aged 16 years, who came from United Sates last Saturday, June 13th and the symptoms have been appeared on the case on Monday.Rase'a indicated that the case of infected student is mild and stable, pointing out that the student is subjected to treatment under quarantine at his home according to the medical instructions approved by World Health Organization and Atlanta Diseases Monitoring Center in U.S.The student was among a group of students within a training program in the United States, who returned home this week, Rase'a said, confirming that other students are in good health.The Minister added that the epidemiological study is underway for any other cases in order to take the necessary measures accordingly.This comes after the Yemeni government has taken a number of precautionary actions to prevent the disease entry to the country through raising the alert level of monitoring in the hospitals, air and sea outlets as well as applying the preventive health measures.
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