4 pilgrims died with swine flu

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RIYADH: The Ministry of Health has announced that it has detected H1N1 (swine flu) in two female pilgrims, aged 26 and 52, who arrived from a European and an east Asian country, respectively.

A 41-year-old man from Africa was diagnosed with cholera. The cases were discovered by the ministry?s monitoring unit. The ministry said the women had been infected in their countries. They were diagnosed as soon as they arrived and were given the necessary treatment. One of the patients has already left the hospital and is in a good condition while the other person is in hospital in a stable condition.

The African man is also being treated and those with whom he had contact.

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Re: 2 pilgrims down with swine flu

Re: 2 pilgrims down with swine flu


Official Says Indonesian Hajj Pilgrim Died of Swine Flu

Jakarta. An official at the Hajj Health Center in Mina, Saudi Arabia, confirmed that two Indonesian pilgrims were found positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. One had died and another was still at the hospital.

Wan Alkadri, head of the center, said that ST died two days ago after being declared H1N1 positive on Nov. 12. ST was originally from Surabaya, East Java.

?The other one is still being treated at the Al Wadi Hospital in Mina. Both pilgrims were suspected to have contracted the disease in Mecca,? Alkadri was quoted as saying by news portal Detik.com, adding that the two were not the carriers of the virus.

?We have conducted investigations and monitored everyone who shared the same floor with them, including members of their entourage. Nobody else showed symptoms of the disease,? he said.

Previously, Saudi's Health Ministry had said that four pilgrims had died due to swine flu and 67 others have been diagnosed with the virus. The casualties were a Moroccan woman, a Sudanese man and an Indian man who were all older than 75, and a 17-year-old girl from Nigeria.

The Saudi Gazette reported that meteorologists predicted more rains at the pilgrimage sites after Wednesday's sudden downpour. It was initially feared that the rains would hasten the spread of the virus, but Hasan Al-Bushra an epidemiologist at the Cairo office of the World Health Organization, said that this was not the case.

?It is carried in the air, by sneezes, coughs and touch. It is not waterborne. The rain could even be beneficial if it means crowds are smaller,? he told Saudi Gazette.

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