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All-out Efforts In Saudi Arabia To Prevent Irruption Of Swine Flu During Haj
Dr. Mahmoud al-Srouji peers at a laptop computer screen showing technicolor images of a group of Indian pilgrims filing by, just off a flight from Mumbai in Jeddah airport's massive hajj terminal.
"They don't know that we are already checking them," he said, referring to the small thermal camera scanning each person for high body temperature.
"It rings if the temperature is over 38 degrees (Celsius, 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit)," he said. "It is so sensitive, if you light up a cigarette way over there, it will sound," he said.
It is Saudi Arabia's first line of defense for the annual hajj, with fears over the swine flu pandemic, which has already killed four pilgrims, dominating the preparations to receive some 2.5 million Muslims in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
Srouji is just one cog in a massive operation to make the hajj workseveral hundred thousand security officials, health workers, guides, translators, religious advisers, and baggage handlers vying to do the impossible and make sure few get sick, lost, robbed or left behind on their once-in-a-lifetime trip to the holy land where Islam began.
At Jeddah airport, Javeed Ahmed of Mumbai is on his 14th trip leading dozens of Indians on the hajj.
He said the Saudi management has improved year by year, and newly rebuilt hajj terminal arrival facilities have vastly alleviated past hassles.
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