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Republican Anti-Plague Station calls on Azerbaijani citizens not to travel to countries with â€œswine fluâ€ infection

02 November 2009 12:40 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva â€“ APA. The Republican Anti-Plague Station recommends to the Azerbaijani citizens not to travel to the countries where AH1N1 (â€œswine fluâ€) cases were identified, the stationsâ€™ assistant director Shair Gurbanov told APA. â€œThe frontier check-points and customs offices should examine the people arrived from those countries more attentively. The citizens are recommended to avoid travels to those countries if it is not necessary. This is one of the main recommendations by the World Health Organizationâ€.

Gurbanov said the citizens should strongly observe personal hygienic to protect themselves from the virus. â€œIt is necessary to wash hands with soap or disinfectant liquids after using the public transport or touching something on the way. The people with flu signs should be isolated immediately and call the doctors. The authorities are asked to be more attentive to this issue. It is necessary to strengthen education among the schoolchildren how to be protected from the virus. The parents are recommended to call the doctors immediately if they see first signs of flu in their children. If the flu is identified in time, it will be no dangerous for the lifeâ€.

The Republican Anti-Plague Station has examined 1043 people with 38 and above temperature since April this year. Only two of them were identified infected abroad. Both of them recovered.