With swine flu outbreaks in several countries, India has initiated precautionary measures to guard against it, issuing an advisory for those visiting the affected nations and putting in place a screening mechanism for passengers coming from these nations.
Acting swiftly, the Union health ministry held a meeting on Monday to discuss measures to prevent the flu, which spreads among humans through contact with infected pigs, from reaching the country.
After the meeting, the travel advisory was issued for Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and New Zealand.
All passengers coming from these countries would be screened and those who have reached here till 10 days back would be tracked down and asked to report to the nearest medical centre, Director General Indian Council for Medical Research Dr V N Katoch said.
Image: During the avian flu scare in 2003, masked immigration officials checking papers of passengers arriving from Singapore at New Delhi's international airport. | Photograph: Kamal Kishore KK/Reuters
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