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    ALL TOURISTS ARRIVING IN ARMENIA EXAMINED FOR SWINE FLU

    /ARKA/
    July 31
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. All tourists arriving in Armenia are examined
    for A/H1N1 swine flu, said Liana Torosyan, Chief Expert of Sanitary
    and Epidemiologic Inspectorate, Armenian Ministry of Healthcare.

    They fill in special questionnaires on health status in Zvartnots
    International Airport and at the frontier points. Those who are found
    to have high temperature undergo additional medical examination and
    are hospitalized if required, Torosyan said. She also added that
    a special thermometer is installed at Zvartnots airport to measure
    temperature of people at a distance without giving a trouble.

    Special attention is paid to tourists arriving from the USA, Mexico,
    Spain and Germany.

    Armenian and Georgian foreign ministries are cooperating in resisting
    the swine flu, Torosyan said.

    Torosyan also said that newcomers are asked about their temporary
    residence and are registered in local outpatient clinics for seven
    days as the latent period of the disease is seven days.

    In speaking about possible introduction of restrictions on arrival
    of tourists in connection with the epidemic Torosyan pointed out that
    the World Health Organization (WHO) has not given such recommendations.

    According to WHO, so far 134,503 swine flu cases were recorded in
    the world so far, 800 of them with lethal outcome. No swine flu cases
    have been recorded in Armenia. Two cases have been recorded in Georgia.
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