Algeria - influenza A/H1N1: A second case detected
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A second case of influenza A/H1N1 was confirmed Sunday evening in Algiers, according to the Algerian Minister of Health and Population, Mr. Said Barkat in a statement.
- The case was detected in one of the two children, whose age was not specified, of the first victim of the swine flu, who had returned from the United States (Miami) on 16 June with his mother, an Algerian diagnosed as the first cases of the disease found in Algeria, according to this source.
The Health Ministry announced Saturday that swine influenza was diagnosed in this woman arrived in Algiers on a flight of the Lufthansa airline from Miami via Frankfurt in Germany, with his two children.
Algeria has strengthened preventive measures in airports and ports stressing that 6.5 million doses of Tamiflu were available.
The Algerian Minister of Health, Said Barkat, announced Thursday that the Algerian immigrants from countries affected by swine flu must undergo a medical examination on arrival at ports and airports.
He said that Algeria has to offer over one million surgical masks for health staff and three million others can be distributed to the population in case of an outbreak of the disease.
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