KUWAIT CITY, Oct 23: Following the recent announcement by the Ministry of Health about the increase in the emergence of respiratory symptoms with the beginning of the current viral disease season, health sources told Al-Qabas, that hundreds of people who visit hospitals daily, are infected with the H1N1 virus previously known as swine flu, which has spread widely in the country, with the return of students to schools. The sources said that most cases of visits to primary health care centers and emergency departments in hospitals show that they suffer from the same symptoms, such as high fever, sneezing, coughing and shortness of breath, stressing the need to take vaccinations against viral diseases and seasonal influenza.

The sources added that the medical and nursing staff in health centers and public hospitals has received instructions from ministry officials to continue using the face masks while on duty, because of the increase in seasonal flu infections during the past two weeks, to protect the working medical staff and limit the spread of viruses.