[HTML][HTML] Preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: Building on MERS experience

AA Algaissi, NK Alharbi, M Hassanain… - Journal of infection and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nearly four months have passed since the emergence of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which caused the rapidly spreading Coronavirus …

Containment of COVID-19: the unprecedented response of Saudi Arabia

DA Obied, FS Alhamlan, AA Al-Qahtani… - The Journal of Infection in …, 2020 - jidc.org
The emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-COV-2), from Wuhan, China, in December 2019 has challenged many countries. The …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: the national health response

A Khan, Y Alsofayan, A Alahmari, J Alowais… - Eastern Mediterranean …, 2021 - apps.who.int
Background: With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), most countries
rushed to take early measures to control this disease. Aims: This paper describes and …

[HTML][HTML] Pandemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 in South Asian countries

GR Babu, S Khetrapal, DA John, R Deepa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction There was a low level of pandemic preparedness in South Asia, but the region
has done well in mounting an appropriate response to the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: mitigation measures and hospital preparedness

M Barry, L Ghonem, A Alsharidi, A Alanazi… - Journal of Nature and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Coronavirus disease-2019 is currently causing a world pandemic. The Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA) reported its first case on March 2, 2020. Due to its potential rapid …

China's response to the COVID-19 outbreak: A model for epidemic preparedness and management

NS AlTakarli - Dubai Medical Journal, 2020 - karger.com
Background: As we live in an interconnected globalized world, people and the diseases they
carry can be easily transmitted to any place in a matter of hours. SARS-CoV-2 began like all …

[HTML][HTML] Ten public health strategies to control the Covid-19 pandemic: The Saudi Experience

A AlFattani, A AlMeharish, M Nasim, K AlQahtani… - IJID regions, 2021 - Elsevier
Saudi Arabia plays an important strategic role within the Middle East and afar because of its
geographical location, and being the host of one of the largest annual religious mass …

Is sub-Saharan Africa prepared for COVID-19?

E Nuwagira, C Muzoora - Tropical medicine and health, 2020 - Springer
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is the latest virus to cause global health panic. Due …

Coping with COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: what might the future hold?

FJD Mennechet, GRT Dzomo - Virologica Sinica, 2020 - Springer
On December 31st, 2019 an unexplained case of pneumonia was reported in Wuhan, Hubei
Province, China (Zhou et al. 2020). On January 9th, 2020, Chinese authorities and the World …

The battle against COVID-19 in Jordan: an early overview of the Jordanian experience

AB Al-Tammemi - Frontiers in public health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Since the initial spark of the COVID-19 outbreak in December 2019, which was later
declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a global pandemic, all affected …