Al-Otaibi Sultan T
Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail.
Saudi Med J. 2020 Dec;41(12):1285-1291. doi: 10.15537/smj.2020.12.25459.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was initially reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan has now spread unprecedented all over the world, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The World Health Organization declared this outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern during late January 2020 while the announcement of this viral infectious condition was made as COVID-19 disease during February 2020. As of late May 2020, the global death rate due to COVID-19 was 357,714 and 441 in KSA alone. This review provides an overview of COVID-19 and the public health measures adopted by KSA in the context of COVID-19.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）最初在中国武汉市被报道，如今已以前所未有的速度在全球蔓延，包括沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）。世界卫生组织于2020年1月下旬宣布此次疫情为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件，而这种病毒性传染病在2020年2月被宣布为COVID-19疾病。截至2020年5月下旬，全球因COVID-19死亡的人数为357,714人，仅在沙特阿拉伯就有441人。本综述概述了COVID-19以及沙特阿拉伯在COVID-19背景下采取的公共卫生措施。
