Saudi Arabia: Swine Flu: no deaths among the faithful to Mecca, but pilgrims numbers down
The Saudi Ministry for Health has confirmed that, at present, there have been no deaths from influenza A among pilgrims heading to Mecca. However, the number of the faithful travelling to the Saudi holy sites of Islam is in sharp decline .
Khaled Al-Merghalani, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, has reassured the public by saying that “to date there have been no new deaths from flu among pilgrims” and all those who have symptoms of the disease, “have received the necessary care and have recovered. The official confirmed that “the situation is under control” and “inshallah, this is reassuring.”
Saudi Arabia has stepped up preventive measures against swine influenza in view of Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every year draws millions of Muslim faithful. The government has set up a vaccination campaign, devices for detecting the temperature of passengers arriving at airports and at the entrance of Jeddah.
Last week, Minister for Health, Abdullah al-Rabia, said there were only nine cases of H1N1 among pilgrims, the number of victims in the country is 70, but none is one of the faithful on the Hajj. The total number of infections in the kingdom has reached 7 thousand. »»» Spero News
ยป 19 November 2009
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Comment from Mamo
Time: 13 December 2012, 03:20
In 1993 after we saved their a**es with Jewish soldiers among the US army, I was invited to come to King Khalid Medical School to consult on medical research they had investigated and were thinking about our equipment and software with.They had emailed me under my name which is INSTANTLY recognizable as being one of the tribe. INSTANTLY. It is a tribe, in fact.When I pointed this out to them, they replied that a special visa could be granted for medical reasons, but that I would have an escort at all times.I asked if they thought I was that powerful that they needed protection from me.A week later the WTC was hit for the first time.I never went. I ALMOST regret it
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