Aswan Fever Hospital has confined a Spanish woman for three hours last Friday on suspicions of carrying swine flu. Aswan International Airport witnessed a state of confusion after the medical quarantine inspected a number of Spanish tourists and suspected that a woman contracted the disease. Mohamed Salah, Ministry of Health Under-Secretary in Aswan, said he informed the ministry as soon as he knew of the incident. The temperature of the Spanish tourist is normal, but there was a defect in the thermometer of Aswan Airport's health quarantine department. The tourist had been placed under control after she left the hospital, which took a blood sample from her and sent it to the central laboratories to confirm whether she carries the disease or not.
104 Mexican tourists, arrived at Cairo International Airport to spend a 4-day visit in Aswan, have been subjected to health surveillance, he said. Mohamed el-Zoghbi, president of the Suez Canal University, denied any human swine or bird flu cases among the university students and its various branches in Ismailia, Port Said, Suez, and Al-Arish. ] A number of students in Suez University City caught the common slight cold. They have been checked and then returned to the city. The university will hold lectures and student seminars under the auspices of the deans of faculties to increase awareness of the disease among students supervised by the deans of colleges.
In a seminar to raise awareness of the disease, Damietta governor Mohamed Fathi el-Baradei stressed the importance of following-up on all cases coming from abroad, especially from Europe and the infected countries. He added that the governorate does its best to prevent the spread of swine flu in Damietta.
In Gharbia, the sample taken from the Egyptian coming from Argentina was proven to be negative. Tanta Fever Hospital and Preventive Medicine Department allowed him to leave the hospital, but he would be placed under constant observation. In addition, the blood sample of Rushdi Abdel Hadi Suleiman, who came from Israel, proved to be negative. Suleiman, confined for two days in Arish, works as a truck driver for the international troops to deliver food aid to Palestine and Israel. He will be put under health observation. In South Sinai, medical sources with Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital said three British children were confined on suspicion of being infected with H1N1.
