Algeria - Bordj Bou Arreridj: a suspected case of coronavirus at Ras El Oued - denied by Health Minister

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Bordj Bou Arreridj: a suspected case of coronavirus at Ras El Oued

06.05.14 | 10:00

An old lady of 89 year old, who recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and presenting early signs of fever and respiratory distress, was admitted Tuesday to the services of infectious diseases EPH of Ras El Oued, we learn of safe sources.

Blood samples for analysis purposes were sent to the National Reference Laboratory for coronavirus Pasteur Institute of Algeria, according to a hospital source. Contacted by phone for further explanation, the director of the hospital was in a meeting at the Board of Health and Population (DSP), said his secretary. The suspected case of coronavirus worried locals who feared the worst after the alarming rise of cases of meningitis.

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Source: http://www.algerie1.com/actualite/nouveaux-cas-supposes-de-coronavirus-boudiaf-dement/

New alleged cases of coronavirus: Boudiaf denies
By Mourad Arbani | 06.09.2014 | 3:48 p.m.


Reacting t to reports of new cases of people infected with coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Hospital Reform and Population Abdelmalek Boudiaf brought a disclaimer stating that "apart from the two reported patients who are better now, I can confirm that we have not recorded any other case reached coronavirus. "

Speaking on the sidelines of the debate on the government's action plan to the Council of the nation, he said he had made an unannounced visit to Bordj Bou Arreridj city where rumors had circulated reports of the existence of a new If coronavirus. "I can reassure you that there is anything," he insisted.

The Minister said that the only remedy against this virus is prevention, noting that the Prime Minister had said, in the pilgrimage to the holy places of Islam, 40 doctors to achieve this, a number of 120 mission Medical Algeria to accompany future hadji.

As a reminder, two men aged 66 and 59 years had contracted the virus during a trip to Saudi Arabia for performing Umrah. They were supported by the respective health services wilaya of Tlemcen and Tipasa.