Open AccessCOVID-19 in the Shaqra, Saudi Arabia: prevalence and prevention strategies
Author(s) -
Aslam Pathan,
Abdulrahman Alshahrani,
Feras Almarshad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuropharmac journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-3927
DOI - 10.37881/1.531
Subject(s) - covid-19 , coronavirus , pandemic , pneumonia , medicine , virology , disease , veterinary medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. In the Shaqra, the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases reported was 183 and recovered cases was 148 with 03 reported mortalities till the 11 August 2020.In Shaqra, there was a 73 % increase in the COVID-19 confirmed cases in June 2020 as compared to May 2020 and 273 % and 200 % increase in the COVID-19 confirmed cases in July 2020 as compared to May and June 2020 respectively. The highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in May, June and July 2020 was 12, 07 and 22 respectively. Multiple precautionary steps were taken to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Saudi Arabia by the many government agencies.