JEDDAH – Anti-swine flu vaccines have been made available at 15 medical centers in the Western Province, Dr. Nuha Dashash, Deputy Director of Jeddah Health Affairs Management’s primary health care department, said here Sunday.

 

“We have provided these medical centers with enough quantities of H1N1 vaccines. These vaccines will be enough for all community members including Saudis, and expatriates,” he said.

 

Rabeah: Four cases treated immediately

JEDDAH – The confirmation that four persons admitted to hospital Tuesday have contracted the little-known “Al-Khumra” fever – the first appearance of the potentially fatal illness in Jeddah for nearly 10 years – has raised the concerns of the minister of health and experts in contagious diseases.

 

The four cases, detected in residents of the north of the city Tuesday, were described by Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabeah Wednesday as “only individual cases which were immediately treated”.

 

RIYADH: With 15,500 cases of swine flu in the Kingdom, including 124 deaths, the Ministry of Health is to vaccinate people of all age groups against the flu at all Primary Healthcare Centers throughout the Kingdom beginning Jan. 9.

“Considering the onset of the third wave of the flu which will be more severe than the past ones, we are embarking on a program to cover all people irrespective of their age groups,” said Khalid Al-Mirghalani, spokesman for the Ministry of Health.

TAIF – Authorities are urging legal guardians to let their children be administered the swine flu vaccine following a nationwide Ministry of Health survey revealing that 65 percent of school pupils’ parents do not intend to sign their approval.