Based on what has been issued by the Ministry of Health on recording the first case in the kingdom of the swine influenza A(H1N1) and since the patient came to the kingdom through Gulf Airlines flight number 163 coming from Bahrain to Riyadh on Friday evening 5/6/1430 H. corresponding to 29/5/2009 G., the Ministry invited all passengers who came on that flight to contact the Preventive Medicine Department at Riyadh Health telephone 01-4875511 extension number 333, 391, 392 from 8 am to 11 pm to ensure their safety and take the scientific preventive measures necessary for them. The Ministry will coordinate with King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh to contact the patients with whom the nurse interacted during her work before disease's symptoms appeared on her to ensure their safety and take the scientific preventive measures necessary for them. Based on its commitment to the principle of transparency in dealing with all the media, the Ministry will provide them with all developments.
