Saudi Arabia - A report that the alert level has been increased after discovery of a NCoV suspected case in Riyadh (AME Info, May 19 2013)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: AME Info, full text in Arabic: (LINK). Automatic translation. h / t Helen Branswell.]

Saudi Arabia lift the state of emergency after discovery of a NCoV suspected case in Riyadh

Qatar: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 11:32


Increased health devices in the Saudi capital Riyadh maximum state of emergency after suspected infecting patient with Corona, was taken to King Saud Medical Complex, where the results of the analysis takes for the suspected case takes anywhere from three to four days at the latest, according to Saudi newspaper today published.

On the other hand, the eagerness of the Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah to be a visit to the province of Hasa surprise and bear the stamp of secrecy to follow developments disease Coruna, where it took the visit an hour and a half ago and began the visit of Minister of Health to a private hospital and then went to King Fahd Hospital Balhvov and then met in a closed meeting with the medical staff and administrative Department of Health.

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[sharon sanders]

Re: Saudi Arabia - A report that the alert level has been increased after discovery of a NCoV suspected case in Riyadh (AME Info, May 19 2013)

This is a source from Qatar. This information is not in the Saudi press.

 

[Catbird]

Re: Saudi Arabia - A report that the alert level has been increased after discovery of a NCoV suspected case in Riyadh (AME Info, May 19 2013)

It was reported by Al Yaum a day or two ago.

Machine translation:

xhttp://www.alyaum.com/News/art/82386.html

"Suspected case of 'Corona' in Riyadh lift emergency health devices
05/18/2013

Mobilized health devices in Riyadh and the maximum state of emergency lifted after suspected infecting ثلاثيني with Corona and transferred to King Saud Medical Complex This news has not been confirmed until yesterday.

The results of the analysis of the suspected case takes anywhere from three to four days at the latest. On the other hand keen Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah to be his visit to the province of Hasa yesterday evening surprise and bear the stamp of secrecy to follow the developments of Corona's disease.

Where it took the visit an hour and a half ago and began the visit of Minister of Health to a private hospital and then went to King Fahd Hospital Balhvov and then met in a closed meeting with the medical staff and administrative Department of Health, and denied the Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabiah's "Today" during his visit to Ahsa be the Ministry of Health imposed any restrictions on schools in Hasa in all stages of education, noted the need to take precautions preventive what would a virus Coruna in Hasa, Mtminna that there are no recommendation to medical or scientific issued by specialists or experts familiar with the virus from inside and outside the Kingdom to impose any restrictions on schools stressing that until today has not been a documented case of HIV infection in schools and added Rabiah:

"There is no source of the virus as rumored in the media to communicate social or el p and intention, all the experts and insiders not sure of the source of the virus did not reach to drug Medical thereon" and called on citizens and residents taking the correct information and confirmed from the site of the Ministry of Health through the gate had been allocated to HIV Corona, and the lack of equipment to analyze samples of the virus Coruna in the province of Al-Ahsa said Rabiah: "The development of analytical instruments for the virus in one place more than experience in this field, and the ministry touts that each a patient is suspected of the medical and apply it all the procedures of preventive health approved until the advent of the results of laboratory tests., and samples are taken and are transported by aviation to the laboratory in the city of Jeddah, where up examination on the same day .. He stressed that the examination results are not needed for more than six hours . "