Saudis Require AIDS Report of Foreigners
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From Reuters
LONDON — Foreigners seeking visas to travel to Saudi Arabia must first supply a medical report showing no signs of AIDS in their blood, the Saudi Embassy in London said today.
The disclosure came one day after U.S. researchers reported two cases of the disease in Saudi Arabia, the first time AIDS had been identified in an Islamic country. They said the victims had received transfusions of blood imported from the United States.
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