Egypt - Pilgrims protest against H1N1 travel rules

[FrenchieGirl]

August 16 2009 at 05:23PM
Pilgrims protest against H1N1 travel rules

By Omar Sinan

Cairo - Hundreds of Egyptians staged a sit-in on Sunday at Cairo airport after they were barred from travelling to Mecca to perform...

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Swine Flu Dashes Iraq Hajj Dream
By Afif Sarhan, IOL Correspondent

Several Muslim countries have already restricted pilgrims going to the holy places in Saudi Arabia over swine flu.

BAGHDAD ? Nur Abdel-Rassoul was...

[Chuck]

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swine...n_20090724/en/

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 briefing note 4
Preliminary information important for understanding the evolving situation

24 JULY 2009 | GENEVA -- The...

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Arab Health Ministers Impose Age Limits on Hajj to Limit Flu

Arab health ministers, meeting in Cairo, have agreed to impose restrictions on this year's Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in a bid to control the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus....

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First Published 2009-07-05

Travel agencies who specialise in pilgrimage trips will be hit hard

Tunisia suspends Mecca pilgrimages

Religious affairs minister says suspension of omra trips, annual hajj due...

[Gert van der Hoek]

Saudi Arabia confirms first influenza A/H1N1 case

www.chinaview.cn 2009-06-03

　RIYADH, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia confirmed the first influenza A/H1N1 case in the country, Al-Arabiya TV reported Wednesday....