Burmese authorities are closely monitoring all new arrivals from abroad after four travelers were discovered with the A H1N1 virus after clearing immigration at Rangoon International Airport. The four were diagnosed with the flu-like disease after immigration officials allowed them entry to the country
Authorities in charge of Rangoon’s townships and neighborhood zones have been instructed to list all residents arriving from abroad and to monitor their health, sources said. The information has to be passed to the city’s Township Peace and Development Council.
“We have to note the addresses of people arriving from abroad and closely monitor their health. If they get sick, we have to report to the authorities,” said one source who is in charge of an urban zone of Rangoon’s Tamwe Township.
Another zone leader, in Rangoon’s Mayangone Township said residents were being asked to report any cases of flu-like illness in their neighborhoods.
The precaution has come in for criticism from the Myanmar Medical Association, where an official pointed out that authorities in charge of townships and neighborhood zones were not qualified physicians and lacked knowledge of the A H1N1 virus.
“They are not medics,” he said. “They can even be affected by the A H1N1 virus if they talk to affected people.”
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