Goa to screen tourists for swine flu

24 Aug 2009, 8:38 pm   -   Source: AFP
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State health minister Vishwajeet Rane said confirmed cases of swine flu may increase as the winter season approaches and measures were needed to protect the public.

State health minister Vishwajeet Rane said confirmed cases of swine flu may increase as the winter season approaches and measures were needed to protect the public.

Tourists in the Indian resort state of Goa are to be screened for swine flu during the new holiday season, officials said, as the state registered its first suspected death from the virus.

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Tourists in the Indian resort state of Goa are to be screened for swine flu during the new holiday season, officials said, as the state registered its first suspected death from the virus.
   
State health minister Vishwajeet Rane said confirmed cases of swine flu may increase as the
winter season approaches and measures were needed to protect the public.
   
"The (central government) health ministry has assured to give thermal scanners, which will be installed at the airport," he told reporters Sunday evening.
   
"We don't want to create panic but we are also not in the mood to take any chances."

India death toll
   
Sixty people have died of the A(H1N1) virus in India since the first fatality earlier this month.
There have been 2,772 positive tests around the country, according to Indian government figures released Sunday.
   
More than 40,000 passengers arriving at India's 22 international airports from countries affected by swine flu have been screened, the health ministry added.
   
A 67-year-old man died of swine flu at a private hospital in Goa on Saturday. He had arrived from the southern city of Bangalore on Friday and complained of high fever.
   
Around 2.4 million people visit Goa every year, including about 400,000 foreigners, many
of whom arrive by air charter flights.

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