Israeli and Palestinian Authority health officials met yesterday (Thursday) in the Israeli town of Beit El to discuss the recent swine flu outbreak in the region, the Ma’an news agency reported.
The Director of Healthcare at the PA’s Ministry of Health, Assad al-Ramlawi, told Ma’an that both sides had share information on cases and further discussed prophylactic measures in dealing with the virus. According to al-Ramlawi, of the 60 cases diagnosed among the PA Arabs, five had died, and of the 60 diagnosed by Israeli doctors, nine have died.