Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Coronavirus tests for sick Umrah pilgrims
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE
Friday 17 May 2013
Last Update 17 May 2013 1:37 am
Foreign Umrah pilgrims with flu-like symptoms will have to undergo tests for the deadly coronavirus when they arrive in the Kingdom, according to the Health Ministry.
Abdullah Asiri, director of the ministry?s infection control department, said the measure was aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.
The move comes just two months before Ramadan, when Saudi Arabia hosts about two million pilgrims.
?The medical examination for coronavirus requires modern equipment and sophisticated technology. Most of the pilgrims come from countries that do not have this equipment,? he said.
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http://www.arabnews.com/news/451900
Maybe they should be tested again on the way home.... - Ro
JEDDAH: IBRAHIM NAFFEE
Friday 17 May 2013
Last Update 17 May 2013 1:37 am
Foreign Umrah pilgrims with flu-like symptoms will have to undergo tests for the deadly coronavirus when they arrive in the Kingdom, according to the Health Ministry.
Abdullah Asiri, director of the ministry?s infection control department, said the measure was aimed at curbing the spread of the virus.
The move comes just two months before Ramadan, when Saudi Arabia hosts about two million pilgrims.
?The medical examination for coronavirus requires modern equipment and sophisticated technology. Most of the pilgrims come from countries that do not have this equipment,? he said.
...
http://www.arabnews.com/news/451900
Maybe they should be tested again on the way home.... - Ro