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Gulf Cooperation Council meets this week to strengthen preventive health measures against spread of nCoV coronavirus

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Gulf states lift the state of preparedness to prevent the spread of the virus, "Corona"
05/21/2013 Mohammad Jayyousi from Manama

Saudi hospitals confirmed the existence of 26 cases of Corona virus. The majority of cases are concentrated in the east of the country where the King Fahad Specialist Hospital. [AFP / o A / is


Trending Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to strengthen its preventive health measures to prevent the spread of a deadly new strain of corona viruses.


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It is expected to discuss the Health Ministers GCC this week, the latest developments corona virus and another casualty statistics, in Geneva on the sidelines of a meeting of the General Assembly (66) of the World Health Organization.

The number of suspected cases of bird flu virus, which has not previously identified in humans, in Saudi Arabia, the largest Gulf's most populous.

The media talked Saudi Arabia last week for injured toll rises to 26 people, 16 of whom have died from the virus since September / September 2012, has focused injuries Ahsa province in the eastern region.

For his part, the agent told the Saudi Ministry of Health for Preventive Medicine Ziad ميمش, that the ministry is examining a sample 30 new suspected bird flu virus, stressing registered four cases in each of the Dhahran and Qatif east of the country.

In the State of Kuwait, has asked the Ministry of Health hospitals declare a state of emergency and isolate any suspected injury. It also called on all doctors to report immediately when Koruna cases diagnosed, and check with the injured and surroundings to ensure their safety and to ensure the application of the precautionary measures to prevent infection.

In Bahrain, has not yet registered any case of the disease, but the Ministry of Health to take a number of measures to deal with the disease.

Globally, the first case was diagnosed HIV-positive in April / May 2012, and the number of cases in the world according to the latest report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) only 40 cases, of which 18 cases died, all of which have been diagnosed in hospitals, mostly suffering from chronic diseases.

TREATMENT IS NOT YET AVAILABLE

The virus Corona emerging one group of viruses Koruna ranging infection in humans between colds and simple infections, acute pulmonary, according to what was said by Dr. Mary Athbi Jalahma, assistant undersecretary for primary care and public health in Bahrain and a member of the executive body of the Council of Ministers of the health of the Gulf.

The current virus is different from the SARS virus discovered in 2003, that he does not spread easily between humans, and are symptoms of infection in acute respiratory infections with fever, shortness of breath, coughing, and may also cause kidney failure or death.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no specific treatment for the disease and the vaccine against it, but can treat a variety of symptoms.

A spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Health, Dr. Khalid Mirghalani, in a press statement that he had not recorded any cases of Corona virus in any of the hospitals in the capital, Riyadh, denying reports that have been promoted on this matter.

Mirghalani stressed that he had no intention of issuing any restrictions on the schools to the lack of scientific evidence supports it, as is the case in regards to the Hajj and Umrah seasons.

He also called on everyone not to publish false information that misleads the public and adversely affect the credibility of the reports of the official authorities in Saudi Arabia.

For its part, The Director of the National Program to Combat AIDS and advisory Family Medicine and a member of the Bahraini Council of Representatives, Dr. toxicity Jowdar, "The cases registered in Saudi Arabia did not reach to sound the alarm in Bahrain."

She added that the Bahrainis to take all precautionary measures to prevent the emergence of the virus locally, called on Bahrainis and Gulf nationals to avoid crowded areas, and more attention to personal hygiene, such as washing hands.

The readiness of the health centers in Bahrain to deal with the Koruna, drew Jowdar to these centers "put further guidance, and the treatment of clear symptoms of the flu as an emergency."

In turn, expressed adviser Microbiology and Molecular in Dubai, Dr. Mansoor Al Zarooni fears of the inevitability of the spread of HIV Corona, expressed concern about the inability of most laboratories Gulf to deal with the virus, "the lack of such a level of advanced research molecular to preview the virus and examined."

He explained that "Corona virus requires testing laboratory specializing in virology, which is not available in any GCC country except Qatar", calling for the use of laboratories and expertise of the World Health Organization to avoid the virus mutates to a pandemic or regional Gulf.

The Executive Office of the Council of Ministers of the health of the Gulf has created a private web page to inform citizens about the latest developments in the developments of the virus and ways to prevent it.

http://al-shorfa.com/ar/articles/meii/features/2013/05/21/feature-02
 
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