The Hindu Business Line : Gujarat on alert over H1N1 flu

AHMEDABAD: In the wake of H1N1 swine flu scare, screening of passengers arriving from outside India has been intensified at all ports and international airports in the state, officials said on Monday.

However, the authorities have not found any suspected case so far. The Gujarat Maritime Board has asked all the ports, government and private, to check all persons coming from outside the country.

“We had asked authorities of all the port in the state to setup medical check-up centres and examine all those coming from outside India,” Navigation officer, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), Capt Y P Devalkar said.

“All the ports have set up medical units on location and have been checking all ship personnel coming from outside the country,” Capt Devalkar said. Kandla Port Trust (KPT) CEO, Mr P D Vaghela, said that they have set up health check-up mechanism as per guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare.

“We have set up a team comprising a public health officer from the Central government and the KPT chief medical officer (CMO), who have been doing regular check ups of all the crew accompanying the ship to the port,” Mr Vaghela said. “Every thing has bee n done as per guidelines issued by the Central Health Ministry. So far no suspected case of Swine flu has been found,” he said. - PTI

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