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Govt to invoke Epidemic Act when tourist season begins Panaji:
The Goa Government will invoke the Epidemic Act only after the tourist season
commences at the end of September. "We do not intend to invoke the Epidemic Act
at this point of time. But once the tourist season starts, we will put into effect
this Act," said Vishwajeet Rane, State Health Minister. "Maharashtra has invoked
the Act because there are thousands of international guests arriving at its airport.
We don't feel it is required for Goa at this moment," he said. The Minister said
the State Government has asked to install additional equipment at the airport.
"The tourist season will bring in guests from across the world, many of whom can
be from flu-affected countries," he added. Goa receives around four lakh foreign
tourists annually, mostly from European countries. A day after 14-year-old Pune
school girl died of the deadly swine flu, the Maharashtra Government on Tuesday
invoked the Epidemic Act in Pune and Satara districts to check the spread of swine
flu. -August
5, 2009 Go
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