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Coronavirus 2019 n-CoV (Wuhan)

Coronavirus 2019 n-CoV (Wuhan)
(Last Updated On: 6 March 2020)

Definition:

Epidemiological data:

The current Coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV) is believed to have started in the Chinese city of Wuhan, at the city's fish and seafood market – Zoonose at the beginning of the outbreak

Then human-to-human by air), touching or with objects having been in contact with the mouth, nose or eyes of an infected person.  Incubation2 to 14 Days

Number of coronavirus contaminations and deaths (last updated: February 29, 2020 at 9:00 p.m.

Country Number of people infected Number of deaths
China 79.251 2842
South Korea 3150 16
Italy 1128 29
Iran 593 43
Japan 241 5
Singapore 102 0
France 100 2
Hong Kong 94 2
Germany 79 0
USA 68 1
Kuwait 45 0
Spain 45 0
Thailand 42 0
Bahrain 41 0
Taiwan 39 1
Malaysia 25 0
UK 23 0
United Arab Emirates 21 0
Switzerland 18 0
Canada 16 0
Viet Nam 16 0
Iraq 13 0
Total   2941

As of February 29, 2020 at 9 p.m.: 85,994 cases notify is 2,941 Deaths

These definitions are likely to change depending on the information available:

1- Suspicious case:

(a) Anyone with:

-Clinical signs of low acute respiratory infection of any severity with a fever or fever, with no other identified etiology that can fully explain symptomatology.

And

-Having travelled or stayed in an area with active transmission – within 14 days of the start date of clinical signs.

Yes

(a) Anyone with an acute respiratory infection of any severity within 14 days of one of the following exposures:

– Close contact1 of a confirmed case of Covid-19, while Covid-19 was symptomatic;

– Any person co-exposed, defined as having been subjected to the same exposure risks (i.e. a stay/trip to an area whose transmission is active) as a confirmed case.

– Anyone who has worked or stayed in a hospital where a case of Covid-19 infection has been confirmed.

2- Confirmed cases:

A suspicious case with a sample indicating the presence of Covid-19.

Close contact:

Close contact is a person who shared the same place of life as the case when the person had symptoms.

Example: family, same room, or having had direct face-to-face contact in less than a metre of the case at the time of a cough, sneeze or during a discussion, neighbour of class or office, neighbor of the case, in a public transport.

Person co-exposed:

A co-exposed person is defined as having been subjected to the same exposure risks (i.e., a stay/travel in an area where transmission is active) as the confirmed case.

Local transmission: China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Iran, Italy (Lombardie, Veneto).

 

Setting up the Surveillance and Alert Device:

Setting up the Surveillance and Alert Device:

1- At the entry points:

– to raise the level of alert and health watch to the level of all ports of entry, air, naval and land, especially services in countries where transmission is active,

– to strengthen these entry points into human and material resources.

2- At the level of health facilities:

– to ensure the wide dissemination and follow-up of ministerial notes,

– to designate H24 teams in each establishment dedicated to the management of suspected cases (lists, addresses and telephone numbers of reference health workers),

– to prepare and test the circuit of the suspect case from its arrival to the isolation box,

– to prohibit access to the isolation box to anyone outside the dedicated teams.

– to provide for the availability of personal protection and hydro-alcoholic solution – t
o ensure compliance with general hygiene conditions

Good advice – Prevention:

Good personal hygiene practice, such as regular hand washing,

Avoid contact with animals, especially poultry and their feces

– as well as contact with people with respiratory symptoms

– and eat only eggs and meat when cooked through.

For people with symptoms of acute respiratory infection, it is imperative to follow the hygiene rules applicable in case of coughing: it is mainly a matter of keeping away from others, covering your mouth or nose with a tissue or his clothes when coughing or sneezing and washing your hands.

Do not touch the eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

General advice:

Protective masks can be useful to prevent disease, in a high-risk area wear a mask. Masks with an N95 classification are to be preferred or FFP2

Presented by: Dr Nabil BOULAGHMEN

Medical Epidemiologist SEMEP EPSP Laghouat

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