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6 June 2009 RIYADH: The Ministry of Health has
requested passengers who flew with the Filipino nurse
infected with H1N1 virus to contact its hot lines to
ensure they are not carrying the virus.
Announcing that it has not registered any new swine
flu case following the discovery of the infected woman
— a nurse at Riyadh’s King Faisal Specialist Hospital
and Research Center — the Ministry of Health appealed
yesterday to passengers who have not responded to its
telephone calls to contact its Primary Health Care
Center by telephone on 01 4875511-01 Ext No. 333, 391
and 392.
These lines will be open from 8 a.m. till 11 p.m. on
all working days.
A senior official at the Ministry of Health said that
only 90 passengers of Gulf Air flight 163 that came to
Riyadh from Bahrain on May 29 have responded to the
ministry's telephone calls.
“A total of 82 passengers are currently getting
preventive treatment from hospitals and clinics
throughout the Kingdom, while eight passengers are yet
to come,” he said.
He also added that the passengers who have been in
contact with the ministry were proven not to carry the
disease.
The official added that the ministry has given the
passengers necessary preventive doses against the
disease.
He explained that thermal cameras at the airport
detect cases of swine flu when those affected have
fevers.
The official requested that any person who has fever
after returning from a country where there has been
cases of swine flu should volunteer for testing.
The official pointed out that the incubation period
for passengers on board the Gulf Air flight ended
yesterday. “Therefore, they do not become a possible
source of transmitting the disease,” he said.
Chief of the Department of Infectious Diseases at
KFSHRC Abdullah Al-Hokail told Arab News that clinical
examinations showed yesterday that the infected nurse
had recovered.
He, however, added that the authorities would keep her
under observation for some more time.
“The others, including her own family members who were
kept under observation, have not shown any signs of
the virus so far," he said, adding that they will be
released shortly as soon as clinical reports are
completed.
EsinIslam.Com
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