By: Times News Service
Muscat: Sultan Qaboos University Hospital has registered a three month old infant as the first case on ventilator due to coronavirus.
Dr.Badr Nasser al Ghailani, Head of the Intensive Care Department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, said in an interview with Oman TV that : A 3-month-old child was infected with Corona, which is considered the first child on ventilator. We have received children infected with COVID-19 earlier , but this case is considered the first because the child is on ventilator where the child does not take the appropriate amount of oxygen even with the machine. We try to remove the child from the machine, but the child s body is small and do not have the ability to depend on herself for breathing.
Rise in number of patients in hospital wards and ICUs signs of an impending danger: Minister
By: ONA
The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus held a media briefing on Monday.
Muscat: The Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic held a media briefing at the Diplomatic Club on Monday where editors from Oman News Agency (ONA), Oman TV and other mass media received updates.
Dr. Abdullah Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, member of the Supreme Committee, said that His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik formed the COVID-19 Supreme Committee at an early stage of coronavirus’s outbreak at a global level. He noted that the Supreme Committee took prompt action to safeguard public health, namely by issuing decisions aimed to curb the spread of the virus and keep it in minimum levels in Oman.
200 suspected cases of new COVID strain being tested: Official
By: Times News Service
Samples of the suspected cases of the new strain of the virus have been sent to the central laboratory for identification using genetic sequencing.
Muscat: The test results of 200 suspected cases of the new strain of coronavirus will be known this week, an official from the Ministry of Health confirmed.
Dr Adel Al-Wahaibi, Director of the Epidemiological Surveillance Department at the Ministry of Health said in an interview with Oman TV, “There are 200 suspected cases of the new strain of coronavirus waiting for the results of the examination that will appear during this week, and the increasing number of COVID-19 infections is currently due to some laxity in adhering to health procedures.”
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