Passengers at the airport given advice for preventing swine flu

      20 airlines were given 500,000 health leaflets to give to passengers arriving in Tan Son Nhat International Airport, said Ho Chi Minh City Health Department.
The brochures include instructions and advice to prevent the spread of swine flu and asked all passengers arriving at Tan Son Nhat International airport to fill in information, mostly relating to where they recently traveled and if they have any symptoms.
According to the International Medical Quarantine Centre, the forms will be submitted at the custom service and will be put in an archive system.
Doctor Nguyen Van Sau, Director of the Quarantine Centre said that on April 30th, 6,000 international passengers arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport and seaports, including 300 from areas affected by the flu. However, the centre has not found any cases that have symptoms of the flu.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Health approved the delivery of 5,000 face masks to prevent the flu type, known as “AH1N1”, to medical staff of the International Medical Quarantine Centres in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
Additionally, Ho Chi Minh City has also received 5,000 Tamiflu doses to deliver to its medical centres.