Ministry appeals to diplomats to thwart 'swine flu'

Briefing the diplomats on the pandemic at an event held this week at the GICC in Gaborone, the permanent secretary in the MoH, Newman Kahiya, revealed that the ministry still has challenges and it is in need of assistance to augment the stock of antivirals, personal protective clothing, funding for the dissemination of information, communication materials and building of laboratory capacity to perform tests within the country.

He revealed that they are still sending specimens to South Africa for analysis and verification.