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03:19 pm
Thursday 15 October 2020
Books – Ahmad Jumaa:
Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Population circulated a new definition to diagnose suspected and infected cases of the emerging corona virus “Covid-19” to all hospitals and health departments.
According to a post obtained by Masrawy, the new definition divided cases into suspected, probable, and confirmed cases.
The General Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance of the Ministry of Health indicated that the suspected case is: Any person who suffers one or more of the following symptoms:
Severe respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath).
A high temperature of more than 38 degrees.
A sudden loss of smell and taste.
It comes with or without any of the accompanying and non-specific symptoms of a particular illness, such as vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and a sore throat.
In addition, the suspected case includes a patient who is booked for severe acute respiratory illness “sari” and who has a high fever of more than 38 degrees and cough, without other causes, during the last 10 days from the date the symptoms appeared.
As for possible cases, it is a suspected case with any of the following conditions present within 14 days before symptoms appear:
Direct contact of a possible or laboratory-confirmed case with CRP with the Coronavirus.
– It is epidemiologically related to a cluster of suspected cases with acute respiratory symptoms, and one of them was confirmed with “PCR”.
A worker or frequent visitor to places that provide medical care, who have been reported to have confirmed cases of the new Corona infection.
– Contacts of a case of death who presented acute respiratory symptoms before death.
The probable condition also includes any suspected condition for which the following diagnostic features apply:
The presence of a chest CT scan (if a normal chest X-ray is not available) with diagnostic features for Corona infection.
– A blood test showing the likely characteristics of corona infection (a normal or low white blood cell count with low lymphocytes).
The definition clarified that the confirmed case is a suspected or potential case that was laboratory confirmed as infected with a pcr test with the “Covid-19” infection.
