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  • Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Agriculture says there are still no studies that describe the transmission of coronavirus MERS to humans from camels

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    Million head of camels in Saudi Arabia innocent "Corona"
    Riyadh
    June 8, 2014

    Million head of camels in Saudi Arabia innocent "Corona"
    Million head of camels in Saudi Arabia innocent "Corona"
    Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner for Livestock in Saudi Arabia Engineer Sami Ben Solomon Alnhat that the studies carried out so far in regards to the role of the camel in the transmission of the disease has shown the presence of antibodies to the camels against the virus that causes the disease, "which means that the animals suffered a previous injury," as it was isolated the virus from some samples of camels that have been collected before.

    He Alnhat in a statement to the newspaper "Al Jazeera", published on Sunday: "But there is still no study describes how the transmission of the virus from camels for humans as it is not proven yet whether the camel is the breadwinner Khazen or whether they get from another host and then transmitted disease including the human being. "

    In terms of the presence of injuries in camel explained that it is not yet known form of the disease in camels and symptoms associated with him, pointing out that all the samples collected previously were Ebel mostly without symptoms. Said Alnhat that according to statistics from the General Department of Statistics and Information, Ministry of Agriculture and estimates of management Livestock, the approximate numbers of camels in Saudi reaches nearly one million head includes camels inside holdings
    Pastoral.

    He expected the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Assistant Commissioner for Livestock in Saudi Arabia Engineer Sami Ben Solomon Alnhat receding virus "Corona" soon after the end of its epidemiological and particularly with the intensification of epidemiological investigation to identify the sources of possible infection of humans in cooperation between the competent authorities and research bodies within the Kingdom and the centers of global research.


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