Dubai carries out daily inspections on suspected parcels and consignments
February 27, 2013
Dubai: Strict inspections and tests are continually being done in Dubai to ensure that no SARS-like viruses and other common diseases enter the emirate, a Dubai Municipality official has said.
Zuhoor Hussain Al Sabbagh, Director of Public Health Services Department at the municipality, said the civic body’s veterinary section continues the precautionary measures in collaboration with the Anti-Common Diseases Team in Dubai with the participation of Health Authority, Police and Ports.
“These measures are effectively applied on a daily basis where all suspected parcels and consignments from certain countries are seized for strict inspection and tests in addition to the periodical inspections carried out by the officials in livestock production facilities and farms in the emirate of Dubai,” Al Sabbagh said.
“This comes with regard to the warnings recently issued by the World Health Organisation on the emergence of new strains of SARS [Corona Virus], and the return of bird flu after multiple cases and deaths as a result of new SARS strain infection, fear of spreading the disease on a larger scale as well as re-emergence of bird flu in Germany,” she added. http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/strict-dubai-tests-to-keep-sars-like-virus-at-bay-1.1151701
