Al-Rabee’a on the Kingdom's precautionary measures to prevent

Cairo, July 22, SPA -- Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah bin
Abdulaziz Al-Rabee'a, who led his country's delegation to the
extraordinary meeting of the Ministers of Health of the Mediterranean
which started here earlier today, confirmed that the Saudi Ministry
of Health has enough quantity of H1N1 - A vaccine to be used for
pilgrims coming from inside as well as residents of Makkah and
Al-Madinah, sites of Hajj and Umrah.

Addressing the meeting, the minister cast light on the efforts being
exerted by the Saudi government under the instructions of the
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
to enhance precautionary measures to prevent the spread of swine flu
during Islamic gatherings in the sacred places in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Al-Rabee'a also confirmed his ministry's commitment to enforce
the recommendations put by an experts workshop recently held in
Jeddah, attended by representatives of the WHO and anti-epidemic
centers in the U.S. , Australia, China and Europe.
He said the protection of worshippers coming to the holy sites in
the Kingdom is, by virtue of Saudi law, the responsibility of the
Saudi government, lauding the instructions of the Saudi leadership in
this concern which resulted in forging one of the first national
plans to combat the epidemic.
He said the Kingdom is currently enforcing a package of preventive
measures at its land, sea and air inlets according to its own
accumulating experience and WHO policies, citing the use of advanced
devices to detect virus contractors at the moment they enter the
border.

--SPA