Hadhramaut takes preventive procedures against swine flu
The Source: mukalla/hadhramaut.info - 03/10/2009
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Hadhramaut province has taken on a number of preventive measures and practical preparations to face the global pandemic - Virus (H1N1) known as swine flu - including the establishment of operations areas that shall receiveall communications and networking between different agencies and to identify coordinators as well as specialists in epidemiological surveillance.These preventive measures are going to be in schools, student meeting area and populated areas in District and governorate, in addition to form a media committee which will work out the process of spreading awareness and explanatory guidance on how to prevent the swine flue virus and its infection as well as to create health awareness among the general public about transmission and infection.Director of primary health care in the Office of the Ministry of Health and Population in Hadramout coastal areas Mr. Fouad Bamatraf told Saba news agency that ten samples tested in Hadhramaut Disrict Laboratory (coast) , six of the suspected to be avian flu swine (H1N1) cases were negative, two cases underwent treatment and converged to healand the other two cases currently under laboratory tests
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