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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Palestinian Health Minister: We recommend not to go for the pilgrimage because of the "Corona"

 05/19/2014 - Last updated: 00:18
The media quoted a Palestinian on Sunday evening for the Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Jawad Awad, his assertions regarding the absence of Palestine from the virus Corona killer, which is spread in Saudi Arabia, as he emphasized his fears of visiting the most friction in Palestine, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and advised not to go to perform Hajj this year for those who suffer of private health conditions.
He appealed to the Minister of Health, the elderly, children and those suffering from chronic diseases and immune deficiencies, not to go to perform Umrah or Hajj, because it poses a serious threat to them.
The minister said that his ministry Awad started distributing awareness leaflets on the border with Jordan, especially in the break Jericho, in addition to the intention of the ministry's intention to deploy medical teams as necessary.
The two ministers explained the symptoms of HIV infection serious take between five to 14 days, a sufficient period of time to a large extent for an infected person to move to the other side of the world without being the discovery of illness.
Awad stressed that so far the situation is under control and did not discover any case infected with the virus, but we recommend children under 12 years old and seniors over 65, pregnant women and impaired immune not go to Hajj this year, for their own safety. "And
He noted that the World Health Organization will hold a conference on the subject in Cairo soon to discuss ways of semen taken to combat the virus. He continued: Statistics indicate significant progress in our immunization systems where the ministry bought drugs vaccinated for the current year at $ 70 million dollars http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabs48.com%2F%3Fmod%3Darticles%26ID%3D108469