Via Doctor KSA.com, an English-language Saudi website: Coronavirus Kills 3 More. Meanwhile, a nosocomial Klebsiella outbreak has also been going on in Al-Ahsa:
The novel coronavirus has claimed another three lives, with a new case having been reported.
The three patients had been suffering from chronic diseases. Two of them had reached End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
The latest victim, diagnosed yesterday, was a woman who was suffering from chronic cardiac disease, said Dr. Khalid Al-Mirghalani, spokesman for the Health Ministry.
Authorities tested 51 suspected samples in the past 24 hours and found them negative. Laboratories in the Eastern Province also tested 155 samples prior to the latest deaths and found the results negative.
Al-Mirghalani said that the Ministry of Health has intensified its precautionary measures to combat the spread of the virus.
“We have increased surveillance and deployed additional health officials in vulnerable places to monitor the disease,” he said, adding that the ministry had also launched an awareness campaign in the Eastern region highlighting precautionary measures to fight the virus.
Meanwhile, a ministry spokesman said the Klebsiella bacteria cases at Al-Ahsa Obstetrics and Children Hospital are limited.
He said the majority of the cases are for premature newborns, but most of them recovered already. Residents and citizens at Al-Ahsa have been circulating the news on social networking sites that the Klebsiella virus is spreading and has already killed four children.
