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Overseas Emirati students face swine flu checks

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, June 18 - 2009 at 10:56

The UAE Health Authority is to send medical teams to its embassies based in countries that have been hit by swine flu, such as the US and Australia, to screen students using thermal scanners. Students suspected of carrying the H1N1 virus will be quarantined. "This will reassure everyone and prevent panic until all students studying abroad have been checked, especially those coming from the US, Australia, Canada and Europe, where the majority of UAE students are," Humaid Al Qutami, Minister of Education said.

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