SWINE Flu UAE
The UAE has decided to take drastic measures against anyone suspected of having H1N1/Swine flu. They declared that people arriving in the UAE with H1N1 will be quarantined and their employer given the choice to cancel their employment if he wishes. Also, anyone arriving with a high temperature or flu like symptoms will have to produce a paper/medical report stating that he does not have the disease. If not, then he will be quarantined, tested and kept away till a decision is made on what to do with him if it is proven that he is infected.
According to the latest media reports, the UAE has witnessed less than 200 cases since the start of the epedimic. Despite that the government has resorted to drastic measures to stop it from spreading.
Of course these actions will be taken only against the expatriate population and visitors and not the native one.
The question here is why give the employers the opportunity to cancel expat employees visas if they have the virus? After all it is treatable in most cases .
I think the swine flu is being taken too seriously… mostly because most people always think of the bird flu when swine flu is mentioned… in the end regular flu kills more people than swine flu… so why all this fuzz…