Saudi Arabia - 5 coronavirus MERS cases in nosocomial infection cluster at King Fahd Hospital in Buraidah - March 6, 2016

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Emergency health after the discovery of five injuries in Bkorona Fahd Hospital​

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Sunday 26 Jumada I 1437/6 March 2016​

Published on: 05/26/1437 08:30 ​

Azad - Ahmad Asiri: - Ministry of Health announced the injury of five people infected with "Corona" During the past three days. The ministry said that during the past 24 hours diagnosed three cases infected with "Corona" at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Buraidah, in addition to two other cases were may Chksta at the same hospital within three days. As aresult, initiated the command and control center to raise the level ofpreparations for the safety of patients the highest level, and the rapid response team and epidemiological investigation to take all measures adopted in such cases to reduce transmission of the virus and make sure to apply higher requirements for infection control in all sections of the hospital, according to the newspaper "Al - Riyadh". these included actions to convert the cases that need Tnoama to hospitals in other referral Almjdulin who are in urgent need of treatment to other medical facilities where needed them the service is available. he called on patients to adhere to respiratory screening procedures established by the health facilities at the entrances to emergency departments, and to cooperate with the hospital staff to apply all the instructions that aim to protect them and protect their health. the ministry confirmed its commitment to provide the highest degree of protection to the citizens about the disease and called on them to follow the directions previously awareness around the promotion of this preventable and can be viewed on these directives on the website of the Ministry as well as access to all related disease news.q

uoting newspaper Azad electronichttp://alazd.net/news.php?action=show&id=62561

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#1675 - Male, 40, Saudi, critical, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia Death note

#1676 - Female, 67, Saudi, critical, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

#1679 - Male, 23, Saudi, critical, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

#1680 - Male, 82, Saudi, critical, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

#1681 - Male, 70, Saudi, stable, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

 

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MoH posting...

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[COLOR=#305B76 !important]Explanatory statement about the cases of infection (Corona) at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Buraidah


25 May 1437 The Ministry of Health announced that it has been over the past 24 hours diagnosed three cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Corona) at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Buraidah, In addition to the two other cases were may Chksta at the same hospital in the past three days, and as a result initiated the command and control center to raise the level of preparations for patient safety to a higher level, and the rapid response team and epidemiological investigation to take all the measures adopted in such cases to reduce transmission of the virus, and make sure to apply higher requirements for infection control in all sections of the hospital.


These actions have included converting the cases that need Tnoama to other hospitals, and refer patients Almjdulin who are in urgent need of treatment to other medical facilities where needed them the service is available, and has been re-scheduling of the permit condition to another date, and limited the visit to pan the hospital. And it called for patients to adhere to respiratory screening procedures established by the health facilities at the entrances to emergency departments, and to cooperate with the hospital staff to implement all instructions designed to protect them and protect their health.

The ministry has confirmed its commitment to provide the highest degree of protection to the citizens about the disease, and called on them to follow the directions that have already raising them in the promotion of these prevention.

http://www.moh.gov.sa/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/News-2016-03-05-002.aspx

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hat tip Michael Coston for the link




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