Saudi, Yemeni Ministers Discuss Measures to Combat RVF [Archives:2000/42/Local News]

RIYADHSaudi ministers of health and agriculture held a meeting on Saturday at Al-Twala border with their Yemani counterparts on measures to combat the fatal disease of Rift Valley Fever (RVF), the official SPA news agency reported. The ministers said the meeting focused on means of cooperation between the two sides in combat field to eliminate the disease, as well as activating efforts that will benefit the general interest and people of both countries, SPA said. A joint communique of the meeting was inked by the four ministers, SPA added. According to a statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Health,eight more RVF cases were reported in the Kingdom during the past 24 hours, bringing the total infected cases up to 367, among whom 127 persons have recovered.
RVF disease, which broke out in Saudi southern city of Jizan near the border with Yemen on September 11, had first been reported in Kenya, Africa in 1930 and was believed to have been brought into Saudi Arabia through cattles imported from Africa or through people already infected with it.
RVF virus is transmitted from livestock to human by mosquitoes. It causes high fever, diarrhea, nausea, internal bleeding and dysfunction of kidneys that can result in death.
(Xinhua)

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