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Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia is a source country for nCoV novel coronavirus, the government says they will control this disease during Umrah and the Hajj by screening incoming pilgrims. ?
Amid global fears of a spread in the pilgrimage
'Surveillance' watching 'Corona' through the ports of entry of pilgrims
D. Khaled Marghalani
D. Khaled Marghalani
Abdul Hamid Ansari from Riyadh
Confirmed for "economic" Dr. Khalid Marghalani official spokesman for the Ministry of Health that the ministry will be able to deal with the virus, "Corona" during seasonal Umrah pilgrimage through the application of epidemiological surveillance and debate coming to perform the rituals through the ports by taking samples from patients who fit the symptoms of the case definition, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and national guidelines of the Scientific Committee, in addition to making sure over the next application of the requirements, including health make sure they have the required vaccinations.
He explained that there are policies and protocols have been training them and are applied in ports in the Ministry of Health facilities of hospitals and care centers, according to each case, including the virus, "Corona" new, pointing out that among these workers experienced enough for it, adding that medical staff and preventive health practitioners in the ports are on the clock application system epidemiological surveillance and debate arrivals during the entry based on the accumulated experience of the employees in the ministry, which has been built over many years, especially with regard to the field of medicine crowds and preventive medicine, and this is what they can to deal with the virus, "Corona" During the Hajj and Umrah seasons.
D. ZIAD ميمش,
As expressed by Dr. Ziad ميمش agent and Saudi Ministry of Health for Preventive Medicine on the sidelines of a conference on the prevention and control of infectious diseases meeting of global health experts in Geneva, concern about the ministry of the arrival of a number of pilgrims this year from countries lacking control systems, advanced health, considering this concern extremely sensitive , according to the "French" yesterday, as quoted on the tongue about those states as saying: "I do not know if the disease has already spread, they do not have information on the spread of the disease."
This comes after denials and Deputy Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine's "economic" a week ago that the ministry had expressed a desire to reduce the rates of the number of pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia this year as a precaution result of the fear of the spread of the virus, which reported having the largest number of cases of infection with "Corona" adding that Saudi Arabia has the potential health huge, so the monitoring and tracking cases of the disease, while there are other countries during the meeting of the World Health Organization not looking for cases, the lack of potential diagnostic symptoms of the disease, so it did not show any figures on the incidence of the virus spreading.
The time in which he emphasized Dr. Khalid Marghalani in an earlier statement also for "economic" that his ministry has prepared intensively to reduce the arrival of the virus or transmission of pilgrims and to them, stressing that the experience of Saudi Arabia long in dealing with the crowds huge human, which benefited them every year conferred to deal with the "Corona" to optimize.
It quoted "French" concern experts diets on the developments related to the spread of the virus, "Corona" with the approach of the pilgrimage season after recording the highest number of injuries and deaths in Saudi Arabia, does not have the scientists only a few information about coronavirus that causes "syndrome respiratory Middle East" (Miz) according to the WHO designation.
She stressed Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization during the annual conference of the Organization of the presence of many health ministers on the need for urgent action, and said: "We have to collect clear information and offer advice appropriate for all countries that send pilgrims to Mecca, it urgent," said Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday during the conference: "This is a new phenomenon.
We do not yet know the ability to spread between humans based on the information in our possession, we do not know until today what the geographic extent of the spread of the virus. "
The experts welcomed to tighten the Saudi authorities in recent years to control procedures for infectious diseases, also pointed out that the pilgrimage season exceeded test-prone during the past ten years first, "SARS" in 2003 and flus "H 1 to 1" in 2009, but the difference this time that Saudi Arabia is the main focus Corona to the spread of HIV, it said Laurent Kaiser diets world of university hospitals in Geneva: "We have to establish a balance between strict prevention measures and a lack of prevention. we have to worry about now, we have to be careful."
And manages Ziad ميمش a professor of medicine research center sponsored by the World Health Organization about medicine gatherings and crowds, and said that Umrah this year passed peacefully, adding: "It is convenient to pass the Umrah season with the participation of 4.5 million pilgrims without any incident, we will of course do all the preparations and take every precaution so that we can monitor the situation on an ongoing basis and to intervene when needed.
http://www.aleqt.com/2013/06/30/article_766637.html
Amid global fears of a spread in the pilgrimage
'Surveillance' watching 'Corona' through the ports of entry of pilgrims
D. Khaled Marghalani
D. Khaled Marghalani
Abdul Hamid Ansari from Riyadh
Confirmed for "economic" Dr. Khalid Marghalani official spokesman for the Ministry of Health that the ministry will be able to deal with the virus, "Corona" during seasonal Umrah pilgrimage through the application of epidemiological surveillance and debate coming to perform the rituals through the ports by taking samples from patients who fit the symptoms of the case definition, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and national guidelines of the Scientific Committee, in addition to making sure over the next application of the requirements, including health make sure they have the required vaccinations.
He explained that there are policies and protocols have been training them and are applied in ports in the Ministry of Health facilities of hospitals and care centers, according to each case, including the virus, "Corona" new, pointing out that among these workers experienced enough for it, adding that medical staff and preventive health practitioners in the ports are on the clock application system epidemiological surveillance and debate arrivals during the entry based on the accumulated experience of the employees in the ministry, which has been built over many years, especially with regard to the field of medicine crowds and preventive medicine, and this is what they can to deal with the virus, "Corona" During the Hajj and Umrah seasons.
D. ZIAD ميمش,
As expressed by Dr. Ziad ميمش agent and Saudi Ministry of Health for Preventive Medicine on the sidelines of a conference on the prevention and control of infectious diseases meeting of global health experts in Geneva, concern about the ministry of the arrival of a number of pilgrims this year from countries lacking control systems, advanced health, considering this concern extremely sensitive , according to the "French" yesterday, as quoted on the tongue about those states as saying: "I do not know if the disease has already spread, they do not have information on the spread of the disease."
This comes after denials and Deputy Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine's "economic" a week ago that the ministry had expressed a desire to reduce the rates of the number of pilgrims coming to Saudi Arabia this year as a precaution result of the fear of the spread of the virus, which reported having the largest number of cases of infection with "Corona" adding that Saudi Arabia has the potential health huge, so the monitoring and tracking cases of the disease, while there are other countries during the meeting of the World Health Organization not looking for cases, the lack of potential diagnostic symptoms of the disease, so it did not show any figures on the incidence of the virus spreading.
The time in which he emphasized Dr. Khalid Marghalani in an earlier statement also for "economic" that his ministry has prepared intensively to reduce the arrival of the virus or transmission of pilgrims and to them, stressing that the experience of Saudi Arabia long in dealing with the crowds huge human, which benefited them every year conferred to deal with the "Corona" to optimize.
It quoted "French" concern experts diets on the developments related to the spread of the virus, "Corona" with the approach of the pilgrimage season after recording the highest number of injuries and deaths in Saudi Arabia, does not have the scientists only a few information about coronavirus that causes "syndrome respiratory Middle East" (Miz) according to the WHO designation.
She stressed Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization during the annual conference of the Organization of the presence of many health ministers on the need for urgent action, and said: "We have to collect clear information and offer advice appropriate for all countries that send pilgrims to Mecca, it urgent," said Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday during the conference: "This is a new phenomenon.
We do not yet know the ability to spread between humans based on the information in our possession, we do not know until today what the geographic extent of the spread of the virus. "
The experts welcomed to tighten the Saudi authorities in recent years to control procedures for infectious diseases, also pointed out that the pilgrimage season exceeded test-prone during the past ten years first, "SARS" in 2003 and flus "H 1 to 1" in 2009, but the difference this time that Saudi Arabia is the main focus Corona to the spread of HIV, it said Laurent Kaiser diets world of university hospitals in Geneva: "We have to establish a balance between strict prevention measures and a lack of prevention. we have to worry about now, we have to be careful."
And manages Ziad ميمش a professor of medicine research center sponsored by the World Health Organization about medicine gatherings and crowds, and said that Umrah this year passed peacefully, adding: "It is convenient to pass the Umrah season with the participation of 4.5 million pilgrims without any incident, we will of course do all the preparations and take every precaution so that we can monitor the situation on an ongoing basis and to intervene when needed.
http://www.aleqt.com/2013/06/30/article_766637.html
