"Perhaps this will prompt everyone to be really careful and take proper hygiene measures to heart. So let's be certain of it. It might sound like a piece of cake but we are all in the same boat, aren't we?"
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 11, (Agencies): Six nurses and four doctors working at the Al-Amiri Hospital were transferred to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, after they tested positive for Swine flu. One of the patients was said to be in critical condition. Meanwhile, management of the hospital has distributed masks to workers and visitors to avoid further spread of the disease. Isolation rooms have been set in all governmental hospitals as a counter measure to the spread of swine flu, said a statement from the Health Ministry on Tuesday. After the meeting between Health Minister Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer and heads of health areas, official ministry spokesman Dr Yousif Al-Nisf told KUNA that the step was taken to counter the A(H1N1) virus, adding that Minister Al-Sayer called for increasing efforts against the disease.
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