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.