Health minister calls for vigilance, report any corona-virus symptoms

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The Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Lamin Samateh in a press briefing, called to The Gambians to stay vigilance and report any suspected person with the symptoms of the novel corona-virus.

The briefing was held at the resident of representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Kuto.

Dr. said his ministry is on alert and looking on the point of entries, with the support of their partners WHO. He added that lot of training are ongoing to know more about the virus, how to detect it and protect themselves.

He told the press that a health emergency team was launched on today to put on necessary measures.

“We have started screening at the airport by using a very sensitize camera that easily detect somebody’s temperature for a far distance. Anyone detected for having some of the symptoms, we will keep the person for 14 days and check whether is he/she get the virus.”

The WHO rep Dr. Desta A Tiruneh, in a presentation explained that the coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiration syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiration Syndrome (SARS).

“The new coronavirus is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Some transmit easily from person to person, while others do not.”

Among the signs and symptoms, he said is fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties, pneumonia, severe acute respiration syndrome and kidney failure and even death.

He continued to indicate the current situation of the virus at 3rd February, saying globally is 17391 confirmed cases and 2838 are new.

On what WHO is doing about the epidemic, he said they have developed protocol for investigation of early cases; regular contact with member states where cases have been reported and informing other countries on the situation, and more.

In the claimed that boiled garlic and cure the virus, he replied in the negative, saying there is not medicine for the virus.




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