Saudi Arabia - MoH announces 53 coronavirus MERS cases & 17 deaths in Health Guard King Abdulaziz & Fahd Hospitals outbreak - August 23, 2015

[Commonground]

August 23, 2015
Translation
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for public health d said. Abdulaziz bin Said that the total recorded cases of infection Coruna King Fahd Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical National Guard in Riyadh amounted to 53 cases, including 4 from health practitioners and 32 receiving hospitals and 3 cases in home insulation and one case treatment were treated and left the hospital, in addition to the 17 cases death. And revealed the Ministry of Health for a package of specific steps undertaken to respond with an outbreak of the increasing numbers of infections Coruna at King Fahd Hospital National Guard in Riyadh and contain it, said health news it had sent a rapid response team immediately to a hospital in Riyadh National Guard where this team of experts in the field consists Conference infection control to support the medical team they have in the application of infection control procedures effectively standards, and has deployed field epidemiology team to support and find out how to transmission and notification of the relevant factors. Health and explained that it has activated the public health team to support inventory communion cases and suspects in a comprehensive manner in the community where the work of the ministry analysis of more than 5,700 sample of all cases.

Continued: http://www.alriyadh.com/1075804

 

[sharon sanders]

Here is the Ministry of Health announcement in English:

MOH press release about MERS-CoV in Riyadh rejoin


23 August 2015 The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health today conducted the first of a series of detailed background briefings designed to provide specific and up-to-date information regarding MERS-CoV as part of its commitment to transparency and cooperation. Today?s briefing was focused on the recent outbreak in Riyadh?s National Guard hospital and the related containment actions to date.

The Ministry detailed both the specific actions taken to address the MERS-CoV cluster at the National Guard hospital, as well as actions taken to prevent flare-ups in other areas.

This outbreak tested several of the new procedures put in place recently by the Ministry to respond to such outbreaks and those systems have worked extremely well to date in containing the situation.

53 cases have been traced to the National Guard hospital infection. Of those, 32 patients remain hospitalized, 3 are in at-home isolation, 17 deaths, and 1 patient has already been discharged. More than 5,700 samples have been screened as part the tracking and tracing activity to monitor all potentially impacted persons.

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http://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news-2015-08-23-001.aspx

 

[sharon sanders]

There are 99 WHO & Ministry of Health Riyadh cases confirmed from June - current. link