Iraq Says It Will Test Visitors for AIDS
The government will soon require all travelers arriving in Iraq to submit to AIDS-detection tests by Iraqi health authorities.
The plan was mentioned in a Foreign Ministry bulletin circulated to embassies this month. A diplomatic mission made a copy available Sunday to the Associated Press.
Some embassies said they knew nothing of the bulletin, and travelers have not reported any change in arrival procedures.
The bulletin said the measure was “to prevent the entry of AIDS into Iraq.”
No cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome have been reported in this Middle Eastern nation of 15 million.
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