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Fine and even prison for passengers refusing to fill in the health declaration, minister threatens
Travelers that come to Romania from countries affected by the swine flu will be subjected to epidemic tests before they exit the airport and will have to fill in the health declaration, otherwise risking fines and even prison between one month and two years.
The announcement was made today by the Health Minister Ion Bazac, a few hours after the authorities confirmed two more swine flu cases in Romania, the virus having been trasnmitted by a woman returning from New York.
Passengers returning from the U.S. will be able to use direct flights.
The thermo visibility camera installed on the Bucharest Baneasa Airport, used to indicate the passengers' body temperature and help predict the spread of swine flu, was stopped as the instructions manual was not received, declared the airport's general director, Stefan Mladin.
The device was meant to establish on the spot the body temperature of any passenger walking in front of it, so that those with fever could be taken to infectious diseases hospitals for tests.
Fever, alongside cough, sneezing and runny nose are the swine flu main symptoms.
Laboratory tests confirmed today two new cases of infection with the swine flu virus A/H1N1 in Romania, a 28-year old woman and her mother, the former having flown in from New York on May 29. The two were hospitalized at the Matei Bals clinic as well.
Yesterday, the health minister said the other Romanians with swine flu and hospitalized at the ?Matei Bals? infectious diseases hospital were in good condition and received antiviral medication and were under permanent monitoring.
The first Romanian diagnosed with swine flu is a 30-year-old woman, a U.S. resident, who returned from New York on May 23 after stopping over in Paris. She went to the hospital with fever and cough and the first tests indicated the presence of the AH1N1 virus in her, in her father and in one of her children.
The swine flu symptoms begin to show one week after the virus was caught. Doctors recommend staying out of crowded places and obeying the hygiene rules, especially the washing of hands.
The Cantacuzino Institute in Bucharest was accredited to confirm the virus both nationally and regionally for nine countries in Eastern Europe.
Some 32 new cases of swine flu were identified in the last 24 hours in Europe, the total reaching 557 cases.
http://www.newsin.ro/swine-flu-health-minister.php?cid=view&nid=4d7457be-14e9-4cf9-9b6e-f3112a83033d&hid=media
Travelers that come to Romania from countries affected by the swine flu will be subjected to epidemic tests before they exit the airport and will have to fill in the health declaration, otherwise risking fines and even prison between one month and two years.
The announcement was made today by the Health Minister Ion Bazac, a few hours after the authorities confirmed two more swine flu cases in Romania, the virus having been trasnmitted by a woman returning from New York.
Passengers returning from the U.S. will be able to use direct flights.
The thermo visibility camera installed on the Bucharest Baneasa Airport, used to indicate the passengers' body temperature and help predict the spread of swine flu, was stopped as the instructions manual was not received, declared the airport's general director, Stefan Mladin.
The device was meant to establish on the spot the body temperature of any passenger walking in front of it, so that those with fever could be taken to infectious diseases hospitals for tests.
Fever, alongside cough, sneezing and runny nose are the swine flu main symptoms.
Laboratory tests confirmed today two new cases of infection with the swine flu virus A/H1N1 in Romania, a 28-year old woman and her mother, the former having flown in from New York on May 29. The two were hospitalized at the Matei Bals clinic as well.
Yesterday, the health minister said the other Romanians with swine flu and hospitalized at the ?Matei Bals? infectious diseases hospital were in good condition and received antiviral medication and were under permanent monitoring.
The first Romanian diagnosed with swine flu is a 30-year-old woman, a U.S. resident, who returned from New York on May 23 after stopping over in Paris. She went to the hospital with fever and cough and the first tests indicated the presence of the AH1N1 virus in her, in her father and in one of her children.
The swine flu symptoms begin to show one week after the virus was caught. Doctors recommend staying out of crowded places and obeying the hygiene rules, especially the washing of hands.
The Cantacuzino Institute in Bucharest was accredited to confirm the virus both nationally and regionally for nine countries in Eastern Europe.
Some 32 new cases of swine flu were identified in the last 24 hours in Europe, the total reaching 557 cases.
http://www.newsin.ro/swine-flu-health-minister.php?cid=view&nid=4d7457be-14e9-4cf9-9b6e-f3112a83033d&hid=media