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Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said the ministry was closely monitoring recent cases of swine flu to minimize its impact on the sector.
"I mean, if you think about it, it was chikungunya, it was Zika, it's always something you have to master," said Jibrilu.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Duane Sands, told Parliament earlier this week that there were two confirmed cases of H1N1 flu [swine flu] in the double island republic "and of the two cases confirmed in the laboratory, one of these people died".
He added that the number of reported influenza cases ranged from 200 to 650 per year.
However, in response, the Director General of Tourism said that all the necessary information obtained by the Ministry of Health was always forwarded to the Ministry of Tourism.
"We monitor, not only daily, almost every hour, what is written on different social channels to see if it has an impact, but we send messages to make sure the country is safe [and] at the shelter from the point of view of health.
"If there is an opinion, whatever comes from the Ministry of Health, we will share it, but it is a constant monitoring and we make sure to be at the same time. vanguard and responsive as soon as something happens. "
At the same time, Sands encouraged all people over six months of age to get vaccinated, especially the groups most likely to contract the virus.
He said that health care providers, young people, the elderly, people with morbid obesity and other groups are more likely to catch swine flu.
During the 2009 swine flu pandemic in the United States, about 59 million Americans contracted the flu. 265,000 of these people were hospitalized and 12,000 died. (CMC)
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