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Indian nurse in Saudi Arabian hospital infected by coronavirus: Indian minister's tweet
Reuters ^ | 01/23/2020

Posted on 01/23/2020 9:57:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

RIYADH (Reuters) - An Indian nurse working at a hospital in southwestern Saudi Arabia has been infected by the coronavirus amid an outbreak that has killed 17 people in China, India’s minister of state for external affairs said on Thursday.

“About 100 Indian nurses, mostly from Kerala, working at al-Hayat hospital have been tested and none except one nurse was found infected by coronavirus. Affected nurse is being treated at Aseer National Hospital and is recovering well,” V. Muraleedharan tweeted.

Al-Hayat Hospital is in Khamis Mushait, some 900 km (560 miles) southwest of the capital Riyadh. The minister added that the nurses had been quarantined and tested due to the threat.

The Saudi authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported infection.

The kingdom said on Wednesday it would start screening passengers arriving from China and take other preventive measures following the outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinavirus; coronavirus; saudiarabia

1 posted on 01/23/2020 9:57:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure, just pile it on.


2 posted on 01/23/2020 9:58:32 AM PST by fruser1
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To: SeekAndFind

My daughter is a nurse. She is on the front lines of getting infected by nearly everything.


3 posted on 01/23/2020 10:03:14 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

RE: My daughter is a nurse. She is on the front lines of getting infected by nearly everything.

She’ll be safe. We’re not at the center of the disease (yet).


4 posted on 01/23/2020 10:04:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: fruser1

RE: Sure, just pile it on.

And not let people know?


5 posted on 01/23/2020 10:05:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: SeekAndFind

Love to see string of infected whom brought the virus to middle of nowhere Saudi Arabia.


6 posted on 01/23/2020 10:11:23 AM PST by C19fan
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7 posted on 01/23/2020 12:33:02 PM PST by bgill
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