Coronavirus nCOVID-19: A pandemic disease and the Saudi precautions.

Arabian Peninsula Coronavirus, Affected places Deaths Precautionary measures

Journal

Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
ISSN: 1319-0164
Titre abrégé: Saudi Pharm J
Pays: Saudi Arabia
ID NLM: 9705695

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Historique:
received: 17 04 2020
accepted: 11 06 2020
entrez: 10 7 2020
pubmed: 10 7 2020
medline: 10 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Now nCOVID-19 has a foothold in many countries, and the threat of a pandemic situation has risen. Recently a novel coronavirus (nCOVID-19) has first emerged in China, causing multiple symptoms in humans and closely related to those caused by SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The nCOVID-19 has reported in Wuhan city of China has recently infected over six million people and at least 0.4 million confirmed deaths all over the world, while 2.8 million people has recovered from this deadly virus. Many instances of this respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection have already reported in more than 216 countries and territories. In contrast, the majority of cases reported in the USA, Brazil, Russia, Spain, UK, Italy, France and many more countries. In today's context, the coronavirus is one of the significant issues faced by the world with plenty of cases. In these circumstances, rapid reviews which recommended by WHO (World Health Organization), and these recommendations are very significant, helpful and cover current data with different preventive measures developed by the Saudi CDC (Saudi Centre for Disease Prevention and Control). This review article describes the possible modes of transmission so that proper preventive actions should be taking. Importantly, this work mentioned the animal reservoir through which may infect humans, and it must be identified to break the transmission chain. In additions, this review paper briefly discussed the spread of the coronavirus in the Arabian Peninsula and what precaution measures are in place by each country to limit the spreading of this virus. Finally, since the number of infected people specifically those with close contact with nCOVID-19 patients is increasing daily and appears unstoppable, we used the preventive measures by pharmacists as part of health care professions.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32641901
doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.06.006
pii: S1319-0164(20)30125-0
pmc: PMC7299861
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

888-897

Informations de copyright

© 2020 The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Shagufta Perveen (S)

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.

Raha Orfali (R)

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.

Muhammad Shafiq Ul Azam (MSU)

Radiodiagnostic and Medical Imaging Department, King Abdul Aziz Airbase Armed Forces Hospital- Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Hanan Y Aati (HY)

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.

Khulud Bukhari (K)

Biomedical Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Reading, RG6 6AJ, UK.

Sarah I Bukhari (SI)

Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.

Areej Al-Taweel (A)

Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P. O. Box 22452, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia.

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