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  • Kuwait - Media report: Dutch citizen hospitalized suspected coronavirus case from Damman, Saudi Arabia - final results of tests pending

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    Dutch case of a patient coming from Dammam on board made an emergency landing plane landed
    Alert at the airport in Kuwait because of suspicion .. and plan a unified Gulf to contain «Corona»
    The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health is following developments with Corona «Health» Saudi Arabia.

    April 20, 2014

    Mobi-Mutairi from Dammam

    Mobilized and the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health yesterday after all cadres frequency news about the suspected case of injury to "Corona" to a passenger plane made an emergency landing Dutch landed at Kuwait International Airport on fears of injury to the passenger virus.

    The sources said he had been checking all passengers and proven their safety and they are free of any symptoms of the disease, and the transfer of passenger suspected wound to the Farwaniya Hospital, where indicated preliminary tests him with a "Corona", the sources said that the passenger suspect Dutch nationality coming on a flight from King Fahd International Dammam.


    D. QAIS DOUIRI

    For his part, he said, for "economic" Dr. Qais Douiri Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health, Ministry of Health of Kuwait: "We can not specify a quality suspected, any infected on its own without medical staff in charge, and he saw the news circulating, like other observers across websites before that starts and his medical team at the ministry to follow the situation. "

    On the other hand explained the source for "economic" to suspect of having a "Corona" Dutch nationality, coming from King Fahd Airport in Dammam is still locked up in the Farwaniya Hospital until the appearance of the final results of the examination.

    Returning to the Assistant Undersecretary health Kuwaiti between that preventive health at the airport usually pursue suspected cases show Vhosa for passengers to show cases of the flu normal Kalasabh cold, especially in this period that fluctuate the atmosphere, adding that the ministry had its preparations precautionary to meet the "Corona", adding: "We have national committees, guidelines and procedural matters and the precautionary and preventive measures and protocols are working on sections of infection and preventive health in all regions, indicating that it did not register in Kuwait only two cases in November (November) last since the spread of the disease, and a third case a new month prior to a resident of an Arab visitor and his health condition was complicated and died impact, while converged cases Almassabtan to heal.

    Among the precautionary measures at airports have not reached to the point of raising the alert to detect patients entering through the air port, said: "We have not gotten to the stage of preparedness such as avian and swine influenza, following what issued by the World Health Organization reports about this virus, which did not recommend the development of lines examined Arrivals in border locations, but the preventive health departments in all land border ports, sea and air, has its protocols ".. noting that coming from Jeddah are not compulsorily examined whether Kuwaitis or Saudis or of other nationalities.

    Douiri confirmed that the three cases previously infected, including the case died, were not coming from Saudi Arabia, noting that there is continuity with the Saudi Ministry of Health to check and identify the status quo in Saudi Arabia.

    He continued: "It is true that the cases redundant in Jeddah, but there is a reassuring atmosphere of the disease and are following developments in Saudi Arabia down to the season of Hajj and Umrah, and we can provide assistance and help, and I think that the situation is under control, according to Saudi officials.

    He Douiri "There is a mechanism unified Gulf coordination was to be implemented with the Saudi Ministry of Health in our last meeting seven months ago to be there protocols and the mechanism of preventive and remedial and precautionary uniform to work on them, and met agents and the Ministries of Health of Gulf to agree on a protocol standardized in several aspects, including therapeutic and precautionary and preventive In addition to the distribution of roles between the health departments Gulf, such as public health and preventive management and prevention of infection, in addition to the role of medical practitioners.

    The Ministry of Health issued a press statement yesterday Arabia for Corona virus confirmed in which they noticed an increase in the number of cases and the emergence of a number of cases without any symptoms, adding that it has expanded in the work of investigation and the search for its spread, were also examined a large number of contacts

    استنفار في مطار الكويت بسبب اشتباه .. وخطة خليجية موحدة لاحتواء «كورونا»
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