Tamiflu provided to Gaesong park workers

Seoul recently provided the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to Korean workers at a joint industrial park in North Korea as a precautionary measure against a possible outbreak of the Influenza A virus, officials said Sunday, according to Yonhap News.

"The government has provided Tamiflu for some 30 South Korean workers stationed at the Gaesong industrial park," a government official said, asking not to be named.

The official said that the provision was to be used in emergency situations, adding that no H1N1 infections have been reported at the Gaesong park.

South Korea has set up heat detection cameras at its transit offices at the inter-Korean border and checks body temperature of hundreds of South Koreans who daily commute to the park.

On-the-spot medical checkups have also been enforced at a hospital inside the joint park.