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"It is right, millions will flock on the Muslim pilgrimage and Umra for their religious duties. The Acting Health Minister of Kuwait made a decisive action and should be taken with utmost importance."
7/22/2009 9:54:00 PM
CAIRO, July 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Acting Minister of Health Moudhi Al-Humoud stressed Wednesday the necessity of the emergency meeting of East Mediterranean health ministers while hailing recommendations and solutions set forth aimed at combating the global outspread of the A(H1N1) virus.
Al-Humoud, also Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education, was speaking to KUNA ahead of her departure of Cairo, Egypt, after attending the World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) meeting. She said that Arab health ministers at the meeting urged the need for a combined awareness campaign on how to avoid swine flu contamination. She added that the meeting was meant to discuss precautionary measures, countries in the region were to take in event of the upcoming seasons of Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) and Umra where hundreds of thousands of Muslims will flock to Makkah, Saudi Arabia to carry out their religious duties.
Al-Humoud expressed hope results of the meeting will benefit people in the region, especially with the coinciding period of the religious season with Autumn when seasonal flu numbers increase significantly. She also praised the efforts of Saudi authorities aimed at tackling the spread of the pandemic. Saudi Arabia's health minister also attended the meeting. The country's western city of Jeddah in June, was host to over 50 health specialists who discussed means to combat and prevent the outspread of the global pandemic.
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7/22/2009 9:54:00 PM
CAIRO, July 22 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Acting Minister of Health Moudhi Al-Humoud stressed Wednesday the necessity of the emergency meeting of East Mediterranean health ministers while hailing recommendations and solutions set forth aimed at combating the global outspread of the A(H1N1) virus.
Al-Humoud, also Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education, was speaking to KUNA ahead of her departure of Cairo, Egypt, after attending the World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO) meeting. She said that Arab health ministers at the meeting urged the need for a combined awareness campaign on how to avoid swine flu contamination. She added that the meeting was meant to discuss precautionary measures, countries in the region were to take in event of the upcoming seasons of Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) and Umra where hundreds of thousands of Muslims will flock to Makkah, Saudi Arabia to carry out their religious duties.
Al-Humoud expressed hope results of the meeting will benefit people in the region, especially with the coinciding period of the religious season with Autumn when seasonal flu numbers increase significantly. She also praised the efforts of Saudi authorities aimed at tackling the spread of the pandemic. Saudi Arabia's health minister also attended the meeting. The country's western city of Jeddah in June, was host to over 50 health specialists who discussed means to combat and prevent the outspread of the global pandemic.
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