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Abu Dhabi: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health plans changes at medical complexes in 7 cities ensuring that the technical supervisor be a Saudi doctor. He or she must also be qualified in the nature of the complex’s work, and have a valid professional license from the Saudi Commission for Specialties.
The ministry also requires that the administrative director in private health institutions be Saudi, and hold at least a bachelor’s degree.
This came in the draft executive regulations for the private health institutions, recently proposed by the Ministry of Health, and included a number of general requirements for health complexes, such as there be at least a consultant doctor or an equivalent physician with a doctorate degree, and at least be a first deputy doctor in the cities of Riyadh, Mecca, Medinah, Jeddah, Dammam, Khobar, and only a deputy doctor is sufficient for the remaining cities.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has said that no infections of “black fungus” have been detected in the Kingdom. Dr. Mohammed Al-Abd Al-Aly, Saudi Arabia’s ministry of health spokesman, refuted claims that mucormycosis, a rare and potentially deadly infection also known as black fungus, was a variant of COVID-19 or had any affiliation with it. He said that the
Saudi Arabia reports 8th MERS case of 2021 Saudi Arabia reports 8th MERS case of 2021
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) /CDC
The deceased reportedly had contact with camels.
This is the eighth MERS case of 2021 in the Kingdom and the 9th overall (one in the United Arab Emirates).
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a virus transferred to humans from infected dromedary camels, according to the World Health Organization.
It is a zoonotic virus, meaning it is transmitted between animals and people, and it is contractable through direct or indirect contact with infected animals.
MERS-CoV has been identified in dromedaries in several countries in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. In total, 27 countries have reported 2,590 cases since 2012, leading to 941 known deaths due to the infection and related complications.