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KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health declared on Thursday securing more than 80,000 vaccines for 8,000 pilgrims heading to the holy lands from the country. Dr Adel Al-Terkait, the head of the public health in Al-Assima, said in a statement that the ministry had secured 40,000 vaccines against influenza, 20,000 for meningitis and 20,000 for lung illnesses.

Speaking on sidelines of a meeting for the medical and administrative teams of the Kuwaiti pilgrimage expedition, Dr Terkait said the department had taken all necessary precautions in face of possible spillover of yellow fever into the country, expressing satisfaction at the measures in place at country’s exits. Pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia for the annual religious rituals are compelled to present a vaccination certificate against the yellow fever.

Meanwhile, Dr Mesaab Al-Saleh, the head of disease combating department at the MoH, said the department has installed 40 medical stations throughout the country to vaccinate people planning to perform the hajj. Vaccinations must be injected 10 days ahead of travelling to the holy lands. The Kuwaiti pilgrimage expedition will be equipped with four makeshift medical clinics. — KUNA