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The death of five people of the influenza A H1N1 in Morocco raised fears of a possible epidemic after the Ministry of Health confirmed that several people who had caught the virus had also been hospitalized.
Asharq Al-Awsat learned that several monitoring committees had been formed in the country's provinces and that the government had developed a program to avoid contact with the virus, also known as swine flu.
School principals also informed parents not to send their children to school if they had flu-like symptoms.
The Minister of Health, Anas Doukkali, confirmed in a speech to Asharq Al-Awsat that at least five people died in Morocco after contracting the H1N1 virus.
They died as a result of the virus, but they were already medically fragile, he said.
The minister insisted that Morocco does not declare a national emergency, saying that the number of cases was limited.
Doukkali told Asharq Al-Awsat that many people die every year from seasonal flu, mostly elderly people, pregnant women, children, asthmatics and smokers.
"The best way to confront is prevention," he said.
A source at the Ministry of Health said that Morocco had received the first batch, about 1,000 boxes, of Tamiflu antiviral, and that it would be delivered gradually for every 15,000 others.
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