Screening passengers to start from Thursday

New Delhi: India will begin screeningpassengers from countries affected by the swine flu fromThursday, as it gears up to meet the threat by setting upspecial counters at airports and stocks up on the drug whichtreats the disease.
A total of eight counters were set up at theinternational airport in Delhi where 32 doctors and eightnurses would screen passengers from affected countries likeMexico, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand andFrance from 8 am tomorrow morning.
A central team lead by Dr Randeep Guleria of the AIIMScirculated treatment guidelines across the country and theCentre procured two million additional doses of Tamiflu, thedrug which is used to treat the disease.
The screening process would be done at nine airportsacross the country and would include quarantine facilities forthose reporting any symptoms.
29/04/09 PTI/Sify

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Categories: Airports Apr 2009