Saturday, August 1, 2009

Egypt: The elderly and sick leave to perform Umrah without a medical examination

Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 13:24
The quarantine authorities in Cairo International Airport at the start of the travel of pilgrims from Terminal 1 on Saturday without any medical tests or health certificates are free from the stresses of chronic heart disease, diabetes and stress.

The authorities have indicated that they had not received so far, no decisions of the Minister of Health Dr. Hatem el-Gabali on the actions to be taken to the pilgrims and therefore do not have any authority to prevent the sick or the elderly to travel as they are most vulnerable to infection by swine flu.

On the other hand, examined the quarantine authorities on Friday from 18 thousand passengers on 131 flights from countries afflicted by the virus and found all of their safety, was also recorded their statements and their places of residence to keep tabs on health through their presence in Egypt.

Recalled that the Cairo Airport Company has decided to transfer the Hajj and Umrah flights from Terminal 3 to the No. 1 building to facilitate travel and access.

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