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Transit Passengers with H1N1 Treated Locally
DUBAI - Transit passengers from countries hit by Influenza A (H1N1) are being tested and treated locally.
At least four of the six patients recently discharged from Rashid Hospital’s quarantine ward were transit passengers. However, all those quarantined at the hospital over the past 20 days have recovered and have been discharged.
One suspected case tested negative yesterday, said a senior doctor at the hospital. Rapid tests are carried out on the passengers on the aircraft before they disembark during their transit period in Dubai to check for suspected infection.
“A special ambulance takes doctors to the aircraft to test passengers where a rapid test is carried out,” said Dr Abdulla Ustadi, Head of the Infectious Diseases Unit in Rashid Hospital.
In May, three people tested positive upon arrival in India were transited through Dubai.
“Those who test positive are brought to the quarantine ward 17 at the hospital and given the antiviral drug Tamiflu,” he said.
Dr Ustadi said clinical tests for the disease are being carried out at the hospital and as per the procedure, the Ministry of Health is notified in case a person tests positive.
The doctor said some passengers with symptoms such as flu and body ache were also reporting to the Dubai Airport Medical Centre.
“We have nothing to worry about until now since most of the cases have been mild and are treatable,” he said.
The hospital’s ward has 22 beds to accommodate cases of infectious diseases, including the H1N1 cases, while 400 beds are ready in Dubai hospitals in case of an outbreak.
Thermal scanners at all entry ports are among the other precautions taken by the government.
Until recently, the UAE was screening passengers from countries where the outbreak was first reported, including the European and North American states. However, since the World Health Organisation declared H1N1 as pandemic earlier this month, the screening has largely expanded to include testing on transit passengers.
Currently, 112 countries worldwide have reported infections and deaths. The UAE has reported 11 confirmed cases and no deaths. Majority of these cases were brought from outside.
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