With nearly 1,000 people dying of swine flu and another 600 due to Japanese encephalitis, the government is concerned that there should be no outbreak of fresh diseases in the new year.
An extra cautious New Delhi has issued strict guidelines for delegates from nine countries where yellow fever is prevalent and who are expected to attend the Conference of of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) on the precautions they need to take.
Speakers and presiding officers from 50 countries of the Commonwealth are expected to attend the three-day conference that begins Jan 5. The guidelines are applicable to delegates from Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Guyana.
