Saudi Arabia - Taif gov denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases - US CDC visits

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Source: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20141103223135

Monday, 03 November 2014 - 10 Muharram 1436 H
Three new deaths from coronavirus
Saudi Gazette report

TAIF ? Three people have died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus and three others have been infected, Makkah daily reported on Sunday.

The Ministry of Health said two of the deaths occurred in Taif and the third in Riyadh.

It said a new coronavirus case was discovered each in Taif, Riyadh and Al-Jouf.

At least 20 coronavirus cases are currently receiving treatment in various regions of the Kingdom.

Meanwhile, a Saudi man in his 30s escaped from King Faisal Hospital in Taif after he was diagnosed with coronavirus.

The man was undergoing kidney dialysis at the hospital when his infection was discovered.

The man, who was not identified, was put into quarantine but managed to escape before police returned him to hospital.

It is believed he contracted the virus from being in the vicinity of other infected patients who were undergoing dialysis in the same hospital.

Officials at the ministry's department of infectious diseases asked the man?s family if he had returned home.

The family denied he had come back home but then eventually admitted he had returned. However, they refused to take him back to hospital.

The hospital informed police, who took him back to the quarantine section in the hospital, where he is now being kept...

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

Updated -


Recent MoH announced infections in Taif:


September 2014:

740) #861 - Male, 43, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

744) #865 - Male, 27, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

745) #866 - Male, 65, Saudi, in stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

763) #884 - Male, 37, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

765) #886 - Male, 40, health care worker, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia


October 2014:

769) #890 - Male, 60, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU, camel exposure - Taif, Saudi Arabia

770) #891 - Male, 69, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

772) #893 - Male, 77, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

774) #896 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

777) #899 - Female, 42, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

778) #900 - Male, 60, Saudi, died - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

780) #902 - Male, 66, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

781) #903 - Male, 65, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

784) #906 - Female, 35, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

785) #907 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

788) #911 - Male, 45, hospitalized in ward, Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

789) #912 - Male, 75, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

795) #918 - Male, 84, Expat, deceased - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

798) #921 - Male, 36, Saudi, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

799) #922 - Male, 38, Saudi, health care worker, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

801) #924 - Male, 65, Saudi, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

808) #931 - Female, 75, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia





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US health team to visit Taif to study ?Corona? and control
12:53 - November 8, 2014
US health team to visit Taif to study ?Corona? and control
Taif - Harmony - Hani Althbyta:
The team of experts from the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) visited Taif, to study the virus ?Corona? to maintain the development and exchange of experiences in the field of anti-virus and prevent its spread.

Comes the visit in the framework of cooperation and partnership between the Ministry of Health with global health organizations in order to find the necessary solutions and take advantage of global expertise in the fight against the disease and refine the skills of workers in various fields, in accordance with the directives of the Minister of Health in charge of Engineer Adel Faqih.

And was greeted by the US delegation, Dr. Mohammed al-Zaidi Assistant Director of Health Affairs, Public Health, in addition to a number of employees of the fight against infectious diseases and vectors patient management, and a team of field epidemiology program at the Ministry of Health, upon his arrival at the city of Taif.

The two sides held a meeting to discuss the latest developments witnessed in Taif on the virus, and has been a common mechanism of action in the coming period mode.

Khabar newspaper Harmony Link: US health team to visit Taif to study ?Corona? and control

http://www.alweeam.com.sa/301436/فريق-صحي-أميركي-يزور-الطائف-لدراسة-كو/

 

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Leutenant under him for hours knowing doctors .. and filed a complaint for "health"
Hospital in Taif keep citizens accompanied the suspect to "Corona" in "isolation"
Hospital in Taif keep citizens accompanied the suspect to "Corona" in "isolation"
11/09/14

Fahd Aotaibi- Sbak- Taif: A citizens expressed dismay at the disposal of some of the doctors when they asked him to accompany the "uncle" and suspected of being infected with "Corona" to enter the insulation after King Faisal Hospital in Taif, pointing out that he had agreed to accompany him without knowing all the necessary precautions and the expectation that it is normal; the fact that doctors are asked to do so by the command.

He citizen, "Amr al-Qurashi," that he was accompanied to his elderly uncle "Hacn Qurashi"; where he had introduced contingency King Faisal Hospital in Taif, and there has been follow-up medical that doctors decided to-patient room for patients Corona insulation, considering that a suspect, until the end tests and procedures so special.

He added: I came up with my uncle to room insulation without stop me one of this, but I was knocked out of them and come back, and when bedtime came and I'm a lieutenant and facilities for my uncle in the isolation room asked them to provide a bed or giving me a blanket and pillow, the doctors told me that the request from the competent this section ".

He citizen, saying: "When I met one of the officials relations patients put to him my request and was shocked when he learned that I was isolation room, and he asked me, saying: How do you enter that room and come out of her back then, and that tells you that allows accompany you to a patient suspected of being infected with Corona?".

He continued: "Then I realized that my staying isolation room was a risk to my health, and that I may have been infected, then told him that the doctors were watching me and did not Aoukfinu from entering They told me that he is supposed to request bed facilities of Patient Relations."

Qurashi said he subsequently left the hospital, and filed a complaint on the phone complaints 937 private and the Ministry of Health, what happened to him, demanding accountability and action, pointing out that it has reached letters on his mobile phone notifies receiving the complaint and that it is underway to deal with it.

"Already" have continued with the official spokesman of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Khalid Marghalani, after he refused spokesman "health" Taif Siraj Humaidan comment, stressing that it is not authorized to do so, said Dr. Marghalani: "will refer your inquiry to a specialist," and that was last Thursday, and even Now answer did not arrive.

http://sabq.org/WBpgde

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

This person is not on any MoH list and was hospitalized in a 3rd, previously not mentioned, hospital in Taif.

Corona" kills a patient myself in Taif .. and his family are demanding an investigation
Arab NewsTwo hours ago


Continue - Taif:
Patient died psychologically infected with Corona guests Psychiatric Hospital in Taif, and the deceased was Hacn Nefaie - 57 years - is suffering from kidney failure, and is suspected in the transmission of the virus to him during one of the sessions of hemodialysis, has been rumored the body of the deceased after the prayer for him yesterday afternoon at the Grand Mosque Al-Abbas Mosque.
He asked those with the deceased to investigate promptly and Accounting from proving his involvement in the palaces and negligence that led to his death, while apologized official spokesman for the health of Taif Siraj Hemaidan about to make any statement about the demands of the people Nefaie, pointing out that comment on this issue from the jurisdiction of the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Khalid Marghalani , according to "Okaz".
Said Riad Nefaie The Fiqidhm a guests psychiatric hospital in Taif since more than a year, which is suffering from renal failure, has afflicted the virus during washing due to poor safety precautions and measures to combat the disease, in addition to the adjacent family patients in the Department of the kidney, which is criticized by the Minister within his last tour in the hospital, and may be HIV infection occurred in the psychiatric hospital, and the largest catastrophe here, the fact that guests slice expensive for everyone and have their own circumstances.
The Minister of Health-designate Adel Faqih had criticized during his surprise at King Abdulaziz Specialist adjacent chairs Mgsley kidney, stressing that it is unacceptable and contributes to the transmission, and the face at the time director of the health of the Taif Dr. Matouk Usaimi deportation, and speed the development of a center for dialysis in the hospital King Faisal capacity of 120 beds.

hat tip Michael Coston for the link

Corona accelerates remove 350 inmates from ?psychological? Taif

? Abdul-Karim al-Thiyabi (Taif)

I learned Okaz that the Corona virus accelerates remove 350 inmates from the psychiatric hospital in Taif.
He told Okaz yesterday Siraj Humaidan official spokesman for the health of Taif, the 350 inmates in the hospital waiting for their parents to get them out of the hospital to improve their health, pointing out that not only lacked the completion stages of their treatment in their homes through home visits program.
And learned Okaz that lying in the psychiatric hospital 600 guests, including many who have served more than two decades, and suggest well-informed sources that a number of people with Almchaven were told to attend and receive their loved ones, but are closing their fear Antekasthm at home for lack of commitment by taking medicine.
The sources indicated that if the parents of the patients responded to their patients remove Almchaven contributed to relieve the pressure and prevent overcrowding.
The call to the health of the province for people with Almchaven coincided with the death and wounding three guests during the past two weeks with HIV Corona, sparking fears of a spread of the disease, especially that of women building all-suite from 1 to 5 is subject to renovate three months ago were distributed inmates where the Mbenaa 9 and 10.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed in a press statement that the virus is still active, said Dr. Anis Cindy vice president of Command and Control Center of the ministry that the virus is still active; which requires us to remain in a state of wakefulness full alert, stressing that the workers in the medical sector could reduce the risk of infection by continuing to take all necessary precautions to protect themselves and their patients alike.

http://www.okaz.com.sa/new/Issues/20141108/Con20141108733364.htm

 

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While evacuating 350 patients from the psychological hospital because of coronavirus fears, 1 patients who died tested negative.

hat tip Michael Coston for the link

Health Taif": "Corona" kill sick "psychological"

Corona
11/10/2014 @ 16:22



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Taif - Abdulaziz Althbyta

Directorate of Health Affairs in Taif confirmed that the death of inmate health psychiatric hospital in the governorate was the result of a sharp decline in the circulatory and respiratory pneumonia caused by Ayman and flutter of the heart muscle by reporting the death of a Muslim relatives, and not because of being infected with what frequency Coruna.

A statement issued by the Directorate of the reports issued from the hospital stating that one of the inmates (Pentecostal) quoted as a health condition to King Faisal Medical Complex in Taif after he was diagnosed as severe pneumonia, and building to deal with the "Corona virus Middle East respiratory syndrome policies." by the Ministry of Health and the Department of command and control, it has been dealt with in accordance with those procedures which require transfer of all cases suffering from pneumonia and nisi initially referred to the complex, taking into account the hypothesis is suspected to be infected with HIV Coruna until the results of the verification and analysis.

The statement added that it was taking samples of the patient and the situation appeared as a result of a negative test.

more..

http://www.alsharq.net.sa/2014/11/10/1246960

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

Updated -


Recent MoH announced infections in Taif:


September 2014:

740) #861 - Male, 43, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

744) #865 - Male, 27, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

745) #866 - Male, 65, Saudi, in stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

763) #884 - Male, 37, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

765) #886 - Male, 40, health care worker, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia


October 2014:

769) #890 - Male, 60, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU, camel exposure - Taif, Saudi Arabia

770) #891 - Male, 69, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

772) #893 - Male, 77, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

774) #896 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

777) #899 - Female, 42, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

778) #900 - Male, 60, Saudi, died - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

780) #902 - Male, 66, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

781) #903 - Male, 65, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

784) #906 - Female, 35, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

785) #907 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

788) #911 - Male, 45, hospitalized in ward, Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

789) #912 - Male, 75, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

795) #918 - Male, 84, Expat, deceased - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

798) #921 - Male, 36, Saudi, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

799) #922 - Male, 38, Saudi, health care worker, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

801) #924 - Male, 65, Saudi, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia


November 2014

808) #931 - Female, 75, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

815) #938 - Male, 22, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

816) #939 - Female, 70, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

823) #946 - Male, 58, Saudi, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

824) #947 - Male, 42, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

827) #950 - Male, 40, Expat, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia




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hat tip to Helen Branswell for the link

Please see our list of the MoH announced cases in Taif in the above post.



WHO, CDC WORK WITH SAUDI HEALTH MINISTRY TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS (MERS-CoV)
03 December 2014

His Excellency Eng. Adel Fakeih, the acting Minister of Health, hosted a meeting recently on the response to MERS-CoV with visiting experts from the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Hassan El Bushra, the WHO?s representative in Saudi Arabia, was joined by three experts from the CDC who spent a week investigating a cluster of MERS-CoV cases in Taif. The experts, who specialize in epidemiology and outbreak investigation, have been advising the Ministry?s Command & Control Center (CCC) on efforts to reduce the risk of infection with this deadly virus, which is thought to be initially transmitted to humans through unprotected contact with camels. Some human to human transmission in healthcare settings has also occurred.
?There was no evidence of widespread community transmission,? said a CDC expert. ?We connected the dots on most of the cases to three or four primary cases.?
He recommended that the Ministry continue its rigorous surveillance and infection prevention and control activities in Taif. ?Proper infection control procedures are in place,? a CDC expert said. ?It?s a matter of continuing those activities and remaining vigilant because there will be more primary cases.?
International collaboration is a hallmark of the preparedness efforts that have been undertaken within the CCC since it was established as the Ministry?s emergency response unit. Outside experts from WHO and CDC have participated in internal meetings and shared international best practices with the Saudi clinicians and public-health experts who are managing the response to MERS-CoV and preparing for other infectious diseases, such as Ebola virus disease.
They were an integral part of the Ministry?s onsite team during the successful Hajj 1435.
Such partnerships, which include a number of top researchers from Saudi universities, have greatly enhanced the Kingdom?s ability to respond to MERS-CoV. In addition to supporting the rigorous training that has contributed to a sharp reduction in the number of secondary MERS-CoV infections involving healthcare workers, WHO and CDC are working with the Ministry to investigate why there was a dramatic increase in MERS-CoV cases last month in Taif.
There have been 805 confirmed cases of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia since June 2012, resulting in 342 deaths.
To prevent infection with this virus in healthcare facilities, the Ministry has embarked on a comprehensive infection-prevention program across the Kingdom that includes new training and procedures as well as updated facilities and equipment.
The Ministry recommends avoiding contact with camels. Anyone who comes in close contact with camels should wear a disposable mask, gloves and a face mask to reduce the risk of infection. No one should consume raw camel meat or raw camel milk.
Visit the CCC website to learn more about MERS-CoV and how to reduce the risk of infection.

http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/CCC/Pages/default.aspx

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

Re: Saudi Arabia - Taif government denies coronavirus MERS epidemic in hospitals - MoH statement on recent cases

Updated -


Recent MoH announced infections in Taif:


September 2014:

740) #861 - Male, 43, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

744) #865 - Male, 27, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

745) #866 - Male, 65, Saudi, in stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

763) #884 - Male, 37, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

765) #886 - Male, 40, health care worker, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia


October 2014:

769) #890 - Male, 60, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU, camel exposure - Taif, Saudi Arabia

770) #891 - Male, 69, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

772) #893 - Male, 77, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

774) #896 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

777) #899 - Female, 42, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

778) #900 - Male, 60, Saudi, died - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

780) #902 - Male, 66, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

781) #903 - Male, 65, Saudi, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

784) #906 - Female, 35, Expat, health care worker, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

785) #907 - Male, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

788) #911 - Male, 45, hospitalized in ward, Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

789) #912 - Male, 75, hospitalized in ward - Taif, Saudi Arabia

795) #918 - Male, 84, Expat, deceased - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

798) #921 - Male, 36, Saudi, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

799) #922 - Male, 38, Saudi, health care worker, stable condition, Taif, Saudi Arabia

801) #924 - Male, 65, Saudi, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia


November 2014

808) #931 - Female, 75, Expat, hospitalized in ICU - Taif, Saudi Arabia

815) #938 - Male, 22, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

816) #939 - Female, 70, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia Death

823) #946 - Male, 58, Saudi, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

824) #947 - Male, 42, Expat, hospitalized in critical condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia

827) #950 - Male, 40, Expat, stable condition - Taif, Saudi Arabia


December 2014

832) #955 - Female, 70, Saudi, hospitalized in critical condition - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia



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