Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Novel Coronavirus Dis- ease-2019 (COVID-19): From causes to preventions in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that has been affected by COVID-19. At the beginning of March 2020, it revealed a steadily rising number of laboratory-confirmed cases. By 20th May 2020, 59,854 infected cases had been confirmed, with 329 deaths. To prevent a further outbreak of COVID-19, this ar...

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Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/13818
Acceso en línea:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/13818
Palabra clave:
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
Causes
Transmission
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatments
Prevention measures
Saudi Arabia
Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus
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Summary:Saudi Arabia is one of the countries that has been affected by COVID-19. At the beginning of March 2020, it revealed a steadily rising number of laboratory-confirmed cases. By 20th May 2020, 59,854 infected cases had been confirmed, with 329 deaths. To prevent a further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares it with the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in 2012 in Saudi Arabia. It also discusses the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and prevention measures to identify an applicable measure to control COVID-19.