With Haj due to start in just a couple of weeks, the Saudis are really bearing down on the issue of an outbreak of swine flu. Saudi Gazette reports on a conference of Saudi medical emergency experts to make sure that plans are locked down. The article notes that residents of Mecca and Medina will be among the first Saudis to be offered swine flu vaccines. This would help to establish a sort of fire-break in the case of a rapid spread of the disease.
Haj swine flu outbreak major conference topic
Naif MasrahiJEDDAH – Dealing with an outbreak of swine flu during Haj was one of the most important topics under discussion here Tuesday, on the second day of a major conference held by emergency medical experts.
The conference brings together experts from around the globe, who are presenting a number of papers on disaster management. The way the Kingdom deals with potential disasters was the theme of the paper presented by Dr. Khaled Al-Johaney, co-chairman of the conference’s scientific committee. Al-Johaney discussed in detail how Saudi Arabia would deal with a large-scale outbreak of swine flu.
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