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  • Saudi Arabia - Expert says to wear masks to prevent coronavirus and not to eat street food at the Hajj

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    خر تحديث: الاثنين 1 ذو الحجة 1434هـ - 7 أكتوبر 2013م KSA 15:56 - GMT 12:56
    Call pilgrims not to bring children and avoid drinking itinerant
    Saudi specialist confirmed the limited Corona virus transmission between humans

    Monday, November 1, 1434 e - October 7, 2013

    Riyadh - Hani Elsafaan, the
    Saudi specialist called, pilgrims not to bring children and eating foods and drinking from the street. He stressed infectious diseases consultant Dr. Sami Hajjar on the need to avoid foods and drinks from the public street in places of pilgrimage.

    He advised that: "In the case of the emergence of symptoms of gastroenteritis on a pilgrims Kagaye and diarrhea, it must then visit a hospital for taking liquids and salts either by mouth or intravenously to prevent dehydration, but in case onset of fever, cough and shortness of breath we must see one of the hospitals to make sure lack of pneumonia and take the appropriate treatment. "
    He stressed the need: "to take the vaccine protective of bacterial meningitis Meningococcal (four), and taking protective vaccine from seasonal flu two weeks before going for Hajj."
    Hajjar called for the need to take regular medication for all patients with chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, and careful dealt with by the doctor's recommendations.
    He pointed to the importance of taking the vaccine is protective of the bacterium pneumococcus causing pneumonia for applicants age, particularly from over the age of 50, after being shown recent studies the effectiveness of the vaccine in this age group in the prevention of MRSA and that may threaten their lives.

    He pointed out that studies have shown limited transmission of the virus between humans, and that it is essential for the prevention, by wearing masks, cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze with tissue and then disposed of with washing hands with soap and water. "

    He added: "or the use of antiseptic solutions available in the form of easy to carry packages for the disinfection of hands in the case of a lack of napkins should cover your mouth and nose of the highest-handed arm and not."

    And Hajjar advised not to take children for Hajj, and if escorted Please be sure to take them protective vaccine from meningitis, and protective vaccine for seasonal influenza.

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