The Director General of Executive Board of Health Ministerial Council of The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Dr. Tawfiq bin Ahmed Khoja has stressed that the Goat Flu recently surfaced in the Netherlands is not considered an epidemic disease or does not constitute high risks at the present time. He pointed out that the disease is caused by bacteria coming out of pregnant goats suffering from self-abortion, adding that the disease can be transmitted by contacting the infected goats. Dr. Khoja noted that Goat Flu is currently confined to the Netherlands where it has infected nearly 2, 300 people, which included the death of 6 persons.
