Arab health officials began preparations for the annual pilgrimage early this year, screening pilgrims for health concerns in their home countries before visas were granted.

今年年初，阿拉伯卫生部门官员就开始为一年一度的朝圣做准备，在签发签证之前，在自己的国家就对朝圣者的健康状况进行了检查。

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That was one of the questions on the minds of delegates at a health conference this week in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

这是在阿布扎比市(阿拉伯联合酋长国首都)的一个健康会议上许多代表们所关心的问题。

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The United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize was awarded to the Rafic Hariri Foundation, Lebanon and Ms. Aminath Jameel, Executive Director Manfaa Centre on Ageing, Maldives.

阿拉伯联合酋长国卫生基金奖授予黎巴嫩的Rafic Hariri基金会，以及马尔代夫Manfaa老龄问题中心执行主任Aminath Jameel女士。

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Growing fears of a flu epidemic across the Arab world is prompting Arab health ministers to restrict participation in this year's annual Hajj.

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After an urgent meeting in Cairo, more than a dozen Arab health ministers agreed to prevent young and elderly Hajj candidates, as well as those with health problems, from traveling to Saudi Arabia for the annual event.

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Health ministers of several Arab nations have agreed to only allow pilgrims with no chronic health problems and between the ages of 12 and 65 to make the journey.

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On Wednesday, Arab health ministers held an emergency summit in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the issue.

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The first patient had recently returned from the United Arab Emirates, the French Health Ministry said.

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It also explains his insulting and politically inept habit of suggesting whether the issue is health care, or Arab-Israeli peace, or change we can believe in at some point in God's good time that the fault always lies in the failure of his audiences to listen attentively.

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