According to the latest statistics available, the medical consensus is that there has been an increase. That is why the Ministry of Health and all of the medical teams are working very hard to understand the reasons behind the trends in the behavior of the virus and infection rates.
While there is still limited information about the characteristics and transmission of Coronavirus, the Ministry of Health is coordinating with the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as a number of international experts, to learn more about it. Medical consensus recommends that citizens, residents and visitors observe general health guidelines to contain the spread of all infectious respiratory diseases including Coronavirus by observing the following guidelines:
Novel Coronavirus varies clearly in terms of its genetic aspect than the virus causing (SARS). Examinations of infected cases are currently being undertaken and a clearer picture emerge after this research is complete.
Isolation measures are being immediately taken once a case is confirmed, three specialized centres have been set up in the Kingdom to deal with these cases.
Cases have been reported in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. The World Health Organisation and other international entities are working to monitor the situation and share all the latest best-practice guidelines and clinical findings to enable the global medical community to deal with cases.
There is no vaccine currently available worldwide.
Our investigations indicate that people who have been exposed to infected individuals can be infected as well without showing any symptoms. When 280 people who were exposed to infected individuals were tested, only 9 tested positive for carrying the virus and none of them had any symptoms.
At the current time, there is no need to start screening all patients who have cold or flu-like symptoms, but the expert group of scientists and medical experts has agreed to modify the criteria for people who should be tested and make it wider, as an added precautionary measure.
The World Health Organization has not recommend any travel or trade restrictions are introduced as a result of coronavirus.
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