Saudi Arabia - Media report of 6 coronavirus MERS cases in Ahsa in possible hospital outbreak - October 25, 2016

[sharon sanders]

It is not clear that these cases are totally separate from the current nosocomial cluster in Hafoof.


6 cases of Corona impose strict measures at the heart Ahsa


Hasa: Adnan Al Ghazal 2016-10-25 1:39 AM

Imposed a committee of the Ministry of Health, in coordination with the General Directorate of Health Affairs in Al-Ahsa 4 precautions tight at the Prince Sultan Center for Cardiovascular Ahsa, until further notice, after evidence of the arrival of a medical condition infected with "Corona" and transmission to 5 cases of patients in the same Center.

Infection
Medical sources in the health-Ahsa for "home" made it clear yesterday that the center last week received, patients transferred from one of the Ohads abandonment "away from Hofuf 110 km," was-patient in the hypnosis center sections, and found to be infected Bkorona,

it was suspected transmission to 5 hypnotic cases, it was the application of quarantine for all, and transferred to isolation rooms in the medical tower new emergency department adjacent to the King Fahd Hospital in Hofuf, as were some patients converted to Prince Saud bin Jalawi new hospital "North extruded", as well as to take all precautionary measures and preventive transmission of the virus infection to other cases, stressing that these actions to prevent further cases of suspected or injuries, the General Directorate of health Affairs has taken in the province, other measures alternative to receive patients in neighboring outpatient clinics, and predicted those sources that these precautionary measures lifted early next week .
Precautionary measures
Spokesman said the validity of Abdulrahman Al-Ahsa Sudrani for "home", in the gallery inquiry about it: I hope to communicate directly with the Ministry of Health, as all infectious diseases and related procedures is declared by the ministry.
As for the four procedures precautionary carried out, the sources said it included the closure of all outpatient clinics, as well as emergency departments for cases of non-critical at the center, and stop receiving cases of hypnosis at the center, as well as prevent the exit of all the patients from the center, and to prevent the visit of all inpatients, and taking vital signs All attendees of the center of the sections of the services on the ground floor.

http://www.alwatan.com.sa/Nation/News_Detail.aspx?ArticleID=281795&CategoryID=3

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Hafoof cluster:


#1830 - Arabic picture. No English version, Saudi Arabia

#1831 - Male, 73, Saudi, stable, Hafoof, Saudi Arabia

#1832 - Female, 33, Expat, nosocomial, health care worker, stable, Hafoof, Saudi Arabia

#1837 - Male, 61, Saudi, stable, Hafoof, Saudi Arabia

#1840 - Male, 55, Expat, announced as dead, nosocomial, Hafoof, Saudi Arabia Death

[sharon sanders]

I do not know the source that crof has posted but it might be pertinent and in pursuit of the truth we collect various infos here.


October 27, 2016

Saudi Arabia: More details on the reported MERS outbreak in Al-Ahsa

Via 0096600.com, a Saudi news site evidently also calledLife: Preventive alert the eastern teaching after the onset of symptoms of suspected infected by HIV # Coruna. The Google translation and then a comment:

Mobilized management ?School Health? in the education of the eastern region, and preventive medicine, after the onset of symptoms of suspected infected by HIV Middle East respiratory syndrome (Corona) on the number of students and affiliates one of the international schools in the city of Dammam, while the General Administration of education in the region and there is confirmed satisfactory cases among students, and coordinated with the preventive medicine to follow, forcing a number of parents to prevent their daughters from attending school for fear of infection.

state of confusion experienced Mnsupac school ( ?life? retain its name) of teachers and administrators and students, after the onset of symptoms sudden, in a group of female students are similar to the symptoms of ?Corona?, which led to the separation of the rest of the students is infected and call their parents.

in spite of the diagnosis of school health case management b ?intestinal influenza? but the fear of infection has led, according to sources who spoke for the ?life? to stop the study in chapters school for two consecutive days. and mobilized management education of the region represented by the environmental efforts Health in coordination with the preventive medicine for the follow - up of cases, after an outbreak of rumors infection with ?Corona? or ?food poisoning? at the school,

while the overall management of the education explained in the eastern region's ? life ?as the representative of the school Health Department in coordination with the preventive medicine to follow up on cases and had to provide them with the results of the Health Unit to find out why.

The media spokesman in the education of the eastern region Saeed Albahs ?life? that the cases that have been recorded are the symptoms of ?intestinal catarrh? or the so - called ?intestinal colic? in some cases. He Albahs: ?send a medical team to the school and examination of the suffering of the Symptoms and put them stable, after receiving appropriate treatment ?.

he continued:? as the health team management to visit the school and make sure meals and taking appropriate samples both from the food and water and work to sterilize the school toilets ?, pointing out that he was taking the necessary all legal procedures at the time of such cases.

So the suspected MERS outbreak is actually a cluster of undiagnosed cases in some kind of women's medical school in Dammam. I have no idea what "intestinal catarrh" might be (norovirus?), but so far the outbreak doesn't sound like MERS.
Still, I'll keep an eye on developments.

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