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

Mohammad H. Alyami; Hamad S. Alyami; Ansaar Warraich

doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014

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

Mohammad H. Alyami, Hamad S. Alyami, Ansaar Warraich

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1481-1491
Number of pages	11
Journal	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Volume	28
Issue number	11
Early online date	24 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2020.09.014
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

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Keywords

Causes
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
Diagnosis
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Prevention measures
Saudi Arabia
Symptoms
Transmission
Treatments

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