Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika flew Monday to Geneva for regular medical tests, the presidency said in a statement. Asharq Al-Awsat called Dr. Rashid Bougherbal, cardiologist who monitored the Presidents treatment on the first day of the stroke (April 27, 2013), to know more about his current abroad medical trip. The doctor, however, did not comment on the subject, saying that he has no idea about the developments of the medical file of the President. The presidency takes the issue of Bouteflika’s illness very seriously and treats it with extreme sensitivity. The president was scheduled to undergo medical examinations at a clinic in Switzerland and another clinic in Grenoble, France. His brother and senior adviser often travel with him. On the other hand, the French embassy denied the rumors on alleged measures implemented by the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health against travelers from Algeria, following the outbreak of cholera in the country. “Some rumors, circulating on social media, report on measures implemented by the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health, with regard to travelers from Algeria,” a statement by the embassy said. “These rumors refer to the need for travelers to present a medical certificate upon their arrival in French airports and that travelers without this certificate will have to be examined at French airports for fee,” explained the statement. In this regard, the Embassy of France in Algeria “refutes these baseless rumors, stressing that no such measure has been implemented by the Ministry of Solidarity and Health”. Algerian authorities, for their part, announced that they have contained the spread of the epidemic and that "the situation is completely under control.” While the Libyan Ministry of Health pointed out that it has taken preventive measures on the border with Algeria to avert its expansion inside Libya.