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Coronavirus outbreak at Khumra farm
Jan 25, 2016
Mohammad Dawood
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH ? The Ministry of Agriculture reported that 11 out of 20 camels in the farms of Al-Khumra governorate are inflicted with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Batshan said recently one of the butchers working at a farm in Al-Khumra, south of Jeddah, was diagnosed with coronavirus infection. ?The ministry promptly decided to take necessary health and safety measures, in addition to enforcing regulations imposed by the Ministry of Health to avoid more cases of infections among people who closely work with camels,? said Al-Batshan.
He added that the Ministry of Agriculture hired a veterinary team to do a mass scanning and checkup of all of the camels in the farm...
Coronavirus outbreak at Khumra farm
Jan 25, 2016
Mohammad Dawood
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH ? The Ministry of Agriculture reported that 11 out of 20 camels in the farms of Al-Khumra governorate are inflicted with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Batshan said recently one of the butchers working at a farm in Al-Khumra, south of Jeddah, was diagnosed with coronavirus infection. ?The ministry promptly decided to take necessary health and safety measures, in addition to enforcing regulations imposed by the Ministry of Health to avoid more cases of infections among people who closely work with camels,? said Al-Batshan.
He added that the Ministry of Agriculture hired a veterinary team to do a mass scanning and checkup of all of the camels in the farm...